Robert Thacker
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Deputy Group Commander, 547th Bombardment Squadron Commander | 384th Bomb Group
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Military
Pearl Harbor (landed during attack), ETO, 20 missions with 94 BG
Commander of the 333 Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group from October 1944 to March 1945.
DFC/ SS/ AM
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Deputy Group Commander, 547th Bombardment Squadron Commander | 384th Bomb Group
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Salt Lake with Herbert Felton SAD 30/11/41; Assigned 88RS/7BG [aircraft 22], flew in to Pearl Harbor during Japanese attack 7/12/41 with Lt Robert E. Thacker, Co-pilot: Lt Donald C. Surles, Navigator: Lt Roderick M. Red Stewart, Bombardier:...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Ansonia, Connecticut | 12 December 1915 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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08 July 2017 16:14:14 | bombercommand | Changes to biography |
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BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE 1942-1945, Russell Strong |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:24:20 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self |