Robert H Hellinger
MilitaryAs a member of the Air Force Service Command, on February 20, 1943, piloted a Master III DL777 on a training mission with RAF Lt. E. T. Francis on board as a passenger. After takeoff from Madley, Herefordshire heading to Heathrow the weather closed in and forced a landing in a field in Buckinghamshire. Both men were returned to duty.
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![Colonel Neal Creighton, General H.H. Arnold, Major General Henry J.F. Miller, and General Ira C. Eaker. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 3 Sept 1943.' [stamp], '34579.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US ARMY AIR FORCES OFFICIAL PHOTO. From left to right: Colonel Nel Creighton, of Chapel Hill, NC, Post Commander of Camp Griffiss, General H H Arnold, Major General Henry JF Miller, Commanding General of VIII Air Force Service Command, and General Ira C Eaker, commanding General of](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456672.jpg.webp?itok=h_9rxyvS)
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey, p. 80