Robert H Petry

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23339.jpeg UPL 23339 2Lt Robert H. Petry, B-17 Bombardier on #43-37949, MACR # 8460

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Object Number - UPL 23339 - 2Lt Robert H. Petry, B-17 Bombardier on #43-37949, MACR # 8460

Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed at Brest in B-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nobody Getzit
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Brest, France 5 September 1944

Born

Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA

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Killed in Action (KIA)

France 5 September 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8460 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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