Robert Lee Fallow

Military

Completed his combat tour of 25 missions. Flew as co-pilot on B-17#42-30065 that crash landed returning from raid on Stuttgart on 6 Sept 43. It ran out of fuel. Many of the other B-17's were low on fuel that day.

Air Medal w/3 Oak Leaf Cluster/DFC

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

369th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Charles T Schoolfield

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
Service Numbers: O-791509
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot; Assistant to Director of Operations

Aircraft

42-30065

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group

Places

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Imbler, Union County, Oregon, USA	2 April 1922
Died	Wilsonville, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA	2 November 2006
Buried	La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA	9 November 2006	Grandview Cemetery

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Date30 May 2021 18:38:22

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 50541649.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50541649/robert-lee-fallow

Date30 May 2021 18:30:47

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Updated middle name, nickname and events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 50541649.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50541649/robert-lee-fallow

Date29 May 2021 20:37:22

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Added an association to the A/C #42-30065 listed in the "Summary biography".

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:43

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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 276 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia