Robert C Durlin
MilitaryOn 15-Sep-43 in P-47D 42-8420, 353FG/352BS CPT Robert C. Durling was forced to abandond the aircraft over Truro, UK when the aircraft ran our of fuel and crashed in a potato field of Week Orchard Farm, two miles west of Bude, Cronwall, WK. He was returning from a bomber escrort mission of B-17s attaqck at Romilly-sur-Seine and Paris, France. He broke his ankle when he landed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Bude, Cornwall, UK | 15 September 1943 | Baled out of aircraft whenit ran out of fuel upon return from a bomber escort mission/ |
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 23-Jun-2015. Added connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Bale Out event and Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.