Robert Finney

Military

Robert Finney was a spare gunner on the Donald Cole crew when B-17 #42-30665 'Hunyak' was shot down 5 January 1944 over Saintes, France. Evaded. Was back in England on 11 May 1944. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 628.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

James Merrit Bradley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18067993 at enlistment, then O-726116
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Donald Charles Cole

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19038435 at enlistment, then O-421049
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Richard Joseph Gatesman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13012941
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Joseph Gross

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13153161
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Harland James Hendrix

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19091460
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-30665

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hunyak
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

18 September 1915 California

Other

Evaded capture

5 January 1944 - 8 May 1944 Landed in parachute near Saintes, France. Helped by French citizens and Résistance members. Crossed into Spain from France on 19 March 1944; arrived at Gibraltar on 8 May and was flown back from there on 10 May, landing in Bristol, UK 11 May 1944.

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 2014

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2014 / MACR 2014; Snetterton Falcons pg 97 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database