Robert J Hullar
Military
Object Number - UPL 26647 - Lead crew on bombing mission to Soest, Germany, Beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 42-97557 'Mercys Mad House'. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb...
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD). 36 x combat missions, ETD.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME
Connections
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32156178
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17064176 / T-004230 / O-735258
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16116747 / T-123644
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator / Mickey Op
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37459630
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-755312
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Flying Bitch
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Old Squaw
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Scarlet Harlot : Vat 69 : Vicious Virgin
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mercy's Madhouse
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron 544th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
14 March 1917 | Son of Joseph and Rose J Hullar. | |
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Enlisted |
10 February 1941 | ||
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Other Ditched RTD |
6 September 1943 | Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR, Returned to duty (RTD). | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
20 March 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Enlisted |
20 July 1948 | ||
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Other Discharged USAF |
30 September 1970 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
29 October 1984 | ||
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Buried |
2 November 1984 | Moravian Cemetery New Dorp, Richmond County (Staten Island), New York | |
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Based |
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a connection to the 427th BS per on the 303rd BG website.
Source: http://www.303rdbg.com/427hullar.html
Added a location for the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 55987181.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55987181/robert-j.-hullar
Added a connection to A/C #42-29795 - per info in the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on page 183.
Added a connection to A/C #42-29823 - per info in the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on page 176.
Updated the Born event per info in the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on pg 1.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, also from book: Half a wing, three engines and a prayer about this crew's experiences in WW II., Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Biship & Hey p. 269
