Robert L Mattison

Military
Lieutenant Robert Mattison of the 303rd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Fast Worker Mk. II". Passed for publication 9 Sep 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '303BG.' Printed caption attached: 'Crack "Fort" Pilots In The European Theatre. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Lt. Robert Mattison, of Seattle, Washington, who, operating from the European Theatre of Operations, has completed 24 missions in a Fortress over Germany and German-occupied territory. TET 260380. 9-9-43-Y.' On reverse: media-407588.jpg FRE 4206 Lieutenant Robert Mattison of the 303rd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Fast Worker Mk. II". Passed for publication 9 Sep 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '303BG.' Printed caption attached: 'Crack "Fort" Pilots In The European Theatre. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Lt. Robert Mattison, of Seattle, Washington, who, operating from the European Theatre of Operations, has completed 24 missions in a Fortress over Germany and German-occupied territory. TET 260380. 9-9-43-Y.' On reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps]. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4206 - Lieutenant Robert Mattison of the 303rd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Fast Worker Mk. II". Passed for publication 9 Sep 1943....

Robert Mattison served as a pilot with the 303rd Bomb Group out of Molesworth, England.

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Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

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Seattle, WA, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.303rdbg.com/359mattison.html

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Lieutenant Robert Mattison of the 303rd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Fast Worker Mk. II". Passed for publication 9 Sep 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '303BG.' Printed caption attached: 'Crack "Fort" Pilots In The European Theatre. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Lt. Robert Mattison, of Seattle, Washington, who, operating from the European Theatre of Operations, has completed 24 missions in a Fortress over Germany and German-occupied territory. TET 260380. 9-9-43-Y.' On reverse:

Object number: FRE 4206 - Lieutenant Robert Mattison of the 303rd Bomb Group...