Robert Richard Abbott

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-16699.jpeg UPL 16699 SSGT Robert Richard Abbott
Tail Gunner
Crew #725 - John Suchiu Crew
466th BG - 787th BS

466th BG Historian
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Object Number - UPL 16699 - SSGT Robert Richard Abbott Tail Gunner Crew #725 - John Suchiu Crew 466th BG - 787th BS

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-425057
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady Lightning
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ohio, USA 17 May 1923

Enlisted

Toledo, OH, USA 10 April 1943

Buried

7971 Havelte, Netherlands 17 August 1944

Buried

Findlay, OH 45840, USA 8 January 1949 Maple Grove Cemetery Findlay Hancock County Ohio, USA Plot: Block 32, Lot 111, Space 1

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

7946 Wanneperveen, Netherlands 15 August 1944

Born

Findlay, OH 45840, USA 519 Hull Avenue

Revisions

Date10 Jul 2023 19:58:41
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to Mascot?, Biography and Role
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Capitalized all the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

 

Date18 Aug 2015 11:49:00
ContributorLucyd
ChangesChanges to unit associations
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Combined two entries to create a single entry. Record contains information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8428/Wall of Valor
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=4&tf=F&q=abbo…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Abbott&GSfn=Rober…;

Date10 Jul 2015 17:48:07
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, highest rank, events, person associations and place associations
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466th BG Historian
http://www.teunispats.nl

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:01
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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MACR 8428 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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