Robert Charles Birney

Military

Bob 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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Aircraft

43-39236

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blinkin' Betsy
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

44-6898

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

44-6909

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron

44-8580

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 457th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Missions

889

  • Date: 15 March 1945

886

  • Date: 14 March 1945
  • Official Description:

881

  • Date: 11 March 1945

877

  • Date: 10 March 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Westmont, New Jersey 2 May 1925

Enlisted

Greensboro, North Carolina 2 August 1943
Camden, New Jersey

Other

School

Haddonfield Memorial High School, New Jersey Class president of 1942

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https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1265/43134_b182646-00017?pid=31888…

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384th Bomb Group

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384thbombgroup.com

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