Robert W Klein | American Air Museum

Robert W Klein

Military

Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew aboard B-24 42-52622 'Fluxuatin Kate'. ETD

Awards: AM (3OLC), American Campaign, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A B-17 Flying Fortress (R5-J) of the 839th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group with wounded crewmembers is attended to by ground crew rushing to assist. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'R5-J. Wounded aboard.'

839th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Fluxatin' Kate" of the 487th Bomb Group.

42-52622

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Fluxuatin' Kate
Unit: 839th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Revisions

Date1 Jan 2023 14:12:09

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/139490480

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:16

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unkit Roster