Robert Charles Birney
MilitaryBob Birney was assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron on 5 February 1945 and completed 26 missions between 19 February 1945 and 20 April 1945.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-929523
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17165665
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 14181932
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 1113840
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35891970
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Missions
- Date: 20 April 1945
- Date: 15 April 1945
- Date: 11 April 1945
- Date: 9 April 1945
- Date: 7 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Westmont, New Jersey | 2 May 1925 | |
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Enlisted |
Greensboro, North Carolina | 2 August 1943 | |
| Camden, New Jersey | |||
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Other School |
Haddonfield Memorial High School, New Jersey | Class president of 1942 |
Revisions
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Sources
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Sources
384thbombgroup.com
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self