Robert Leslie Behlmer

Military
UPL 81112 UPL 81112 416th Bomb Group - Wethersfield - 11 July 1944
Left to Right:
Captain David A. Hulse - Pilot - 669th BS
Captain Earl E. DeMun - Pilot - 669th BS
1LT Wilfred C. Siggs - Pilot - 669th BS
LTC William J. Meng - Pilot - 671st BS
Captain Robert L. Behlmer - Pilot - 669th BS
1LT Alfred H. Maltby - Bomb/Nav - 668th BS

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Object Number - UPL 81112 - 416th Bomb Group - Wethersfield - 11 July 1944 Left to Right: Captain David A. Hulse - Pilot - 669th BS Captain Earl E. DeMun - Pilot - 669th...

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Winsome Winnie
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: It's Just a Step Over/Uncle Bob
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Napoleon, Indiana 13 November 1918
Napoleon, Indiana 16 October 1940

Enlisted

Indianapolis, Indiana 9 March 1942 Fort Benjamin Harrison

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Foret Nationale Tournehem, France 20 March 1944 "No Ball" V Weapons site

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Murmelbach, Germany 12 March 1945 66 combat missions

Died

Napoleon, Indiana 12 October 1989

Buried/ Commemorated

Napoleon, Indiana 15 October 1989 Lutheran Cemetery Napoleon, Ripley County, Indiana, USA

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NARA files verified his ASN upon entry, officer number and Air Medal w/12 Oak Leaf Clusters. He earned at least one bronze star on the EAME Campaign Medal and more than likely a few more bronze stars as his decoration (AM) span from April 1944 to April 1945.

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