Robert Peter Koehler Sr

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Robert Koehler served in the US Army Air Corps from December 1943 until September 1945. He was trained to fly multi-engine aircraft and assigned to the 730 Squadron of the 452nd Bomb Group (H) based in Deopham Green, England from which he flew 35 missions in B-17G aircraft. He subsequently was assigned as an instrument pilot instructor on multi-engine aircraft in the US.

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The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Borrowed Time
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Noise II
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: E-Rat-Icator
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Woolf Pack
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Janet
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 28 September 1944
  • Date: 25 September 1944
  • Date: 19 September 1944
  • Date: 9 September 1944

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Born

Bound Brook, NJ, USA 13 March 1917

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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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In memory of a great dad.

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In memory of Bob Koehler, a great dad.

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