Robert J Nicholson

Military

Joined Sqd 1/21/43. Trans/2nd CBW 3/31/43.







21 December 1943 in B-24 #42-72878 ÒMiss Emmy Lou IIÓ while on a combat training mission, all 4 engines cut out. Made a forced landing at RichardÕs Farm, Bradenham. Nicholson suffered major injuries. 12 RTD. Richard Butler crew.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-72878

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Emmy Lou II
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd,  Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, pp. 431-2