Robert L Hamilton
MilitaryInterned in Turkey while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid on 8/1/43 in B-24 42-40744.
Earlier June 25, 1943 on training mission, B24 42-40774 collided with another ac
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35370265
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Interned |
1 August 1943 | ||
Born |
Scio, Ohio |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 243, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 165