Robert W Hafeman
Military
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UPL 17733
Crew #653
James Griffiths Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
B-24J-140-CO #42-110162 "Parson's Chariot" Code: U8-X
Standing Left to Right: James Griffiths (P), Robert H. Gassner (CP), Harold L. Tillson (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Louis Tarrantina (G), Frederick L. James (G), Robert W. Hafeman (R/O), John E. Comer (G), Gerald H. Wynn (FE), Costos Papagalos (G)
Crew missing from photo: Harold P. Cahn (N)
This crew completed a 35 mission combat tour: 25 August 1944 - 18 March 1945 466th Bomb Group collection
James Griffiths Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
B-24J-140-CO #42-110162 "Parson's Chariot" Code: U8-X
Standing Left to Right: James Griffiths (P), Robert H. Gassner (CP), Harold L. Tillson (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Louis Tarrantina (G), Frederick L. James (G), Robert W. Hafeman (R/O), John E. Comer (G), Gerald H. Wynn (FE), Costos Papagalos (G)
Crew missing from photo: Harold P. Cahn (N)
This crew completed a 35 mission combat tour: 25 August 1944 - 18 March 1945 466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Parson's Chariot
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron 853rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
29 August 1924 | ||
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
25 August 1944 - 18 March 1945 | ||
Died |
14 March 2015 | Robert W. Hafeman, 90, passed away Saturday evening, March 14, 2015, at Roubal Care and Rehab Center in Stephenson. He was born August 29, 1924 in Powers, Mich. to Frederick and Anna Hafeman. Robert was a veteran of World War II, serving with the United States Army Air Corps on flights based in Britain. Bob later served as Postmaster of the Wallace, Michigan Post Office. He also operated a tree farm for many years. In 1987 he married the former Marilyn Knutson. |
Revisions
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 346