Robert Foreman
MilitaryWIA. 36th BS was Radio Counter Measures Sqdrn attached to 482nd BG when moved to Alconbury. Jammed radio transmissions. B-24 A/C #42-50385 R4 'Beast of Bourbon' crashed on takeoff 19 February 1945. Bad weather and instrument failure caused the crash. 3 crew members were killed Lindquist, Becker and Haley. 7 survived. Foreman had a broken hip.
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- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Beast of Bourbon
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "transmissions" was misspelled.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Squadron of Deception by Hutton, Chapter 10