Robert B Railling
Military
Via his Grandson Jeremy
Object Number - UPL 38306 - Robert B Railling
Robert Railing was an armourer with the 851st Bomb Squadron. Some of the aircraft he was associated with were Carolina Moon, Alice Blue Gown, Looky Looky and £5 with Breakfast all with artwork painted by MSgt Jay Cowan. Given the choice between sailing home or returning by air he chose to head back to the US on Bad Penney.
He died March 30 1996
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18083741
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ground Crew
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carolina Moon
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Alice Blue Gown
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group
![The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "$5 With Breakfast" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '$5 & Breakfast [sic] B17 Eye.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-395672.jpg.webp?itok=T1M7HBlm)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: £5 with Breakfast
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Revisions
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
