Robert W Larimer

Military
media-17807.jpeg UPL 17807 TSGT Robert W. Larimer
Radio Operator
Birto Brumby Crew
458th BG - 755th BS
466th BG - 784th BS

http://www.458bg.com/crewbrumby.htm

Object Number - UPL 17807 - TSGT Robert W. Larimer Radio Operator Birto Brumby Crew 458th BG - 755th BS 466th BG - 784th BS

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Birto R Brumby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50555

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Baby Shoes
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
media-16636.pdf (4.95 MB) Document 16636 "The Mishap of Crew 92".
The detailed account of a mission flown by 467th Bomb Group, 791st Bomb Squadron on 18 March 1945, to Berlin, in B-24 42-50599.

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42-50599

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 467th Bomb Group 791st Bomb Squadron

42-95569

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: That Red Headed Gal

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fort Wayne, Indiana 14 February 1918

Enlisted

Indianapolis, IN, USA 9 January 1942 Fort Benjamin Harrison

Died

Fort Wayne, IN, USA 28 January 2007

Buried

Fort Wayne, IN, USA 31 January 2007 Lindenwood Cemetery Fort Wayne Allen County Indiana, USA Plot: Sec. Gardenview Mausoleum, Lot Bldg 2 - Row 2, Unit 6-A

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

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