Robert O Fanion

Military
media-21572.png UPL 21572 Robert O Fanion of the 878th Chemical Company.

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Object Number - UPL 21572 - Robert O Fanion of the 878th Chemical Company.

Robert Fanion served as a Toxic Gas Handler with the 878th Chemical Company at Framlingham (Parham) airfield with the 390th Bomb Group.



He was part of Crew Number 26 of the Ground Echelon.



He resided in Pawtucket, Rhode Island for most of his life before retiring to Ocala, Florida. He was a supervisor at The Okonite Company in East Providence, Rhode Island and the former proprietor of Bob and Dot’s Western Shop in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Manchaug, Sutton, MA, USA 4 January 1922

Enlisted

Providence, RI, USA 22 October 1942

Died

12 October 2012

Buried

Bushnell, FL 33513, USA At the Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Bushnell

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

NARA Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=3&cat=all&tf…

Obituary: http://www.hiers-baxley.com/obituaries/Robert-Fanion/#!/Obituary

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/bombgroup.php?page=1&name=F

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Object number: UPL 21572 - Robert O Fanion of the 878th Chemical Company.