Robert Minor Baldi
Military
Object Number - UPL 35359 - Crew no. 51 of 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron.
Crew Number 51
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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: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Carry
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: G I Wonder
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: - Ill Be Around - The Skillet
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devil's Aces
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 March 1944
- Date: 19 March 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
- Date: 27 March 1944
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cleveland, OH | 14 March 1920 | |
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Other 390th BG Combat Tour |
Framlingham Airfield, UK | 9 March 1944 - 4 August 1944 | Completed a 35 Combat Mission Tour |
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Died |
North Olmsted, OH | 24 January 1986 | |
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Buried |
North Olmsted, OH | 27 January 1986 | Sunset Memorial Park North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA |
| Roseville, MI | 26082 Parkington |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Sources
Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.
ContributorAAM
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Baldi%2C+Robert+M
