Robert Alvin Bohyer

Military
Robert Bohyer UPL 65580 UPL 65580 S/Sgt Robert A. Bohyer

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Object Number - UPL 65580 - S/Sgt Robert A. Bohyer

"Graduating high school in 1942, he was drafted into the army but joined the Air Force when they were looking for volunteers. He was sent to Jefferson Barracks in Lemay, Missouri for Boot Camp and was there about 3-4 months. After that he was sent to Gunnery school in Ardmore, Oklahoma."

 

S/Sgt. Robert Bohyer was part of Lt. Edward C. Unger's crew who ferried the B-17G, 43-37716, '5 Grand', over to Britain and the European Theater of Operations. Bohyer flew 10 missions with the 8th Army Air Force from England, and another 25 missions from Italy.

 

Awards: AM (4OLC), GC, American Campaign, EAME (4BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

People

Edward Collins Unger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Scouting Force 486th Bomb Group 55th Fighter Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747340
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3265) nicknamed "5 Grand" of the 96th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '5 Grand, USA.'

43-37716

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: - 5 Grand - The Easter Egg
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lima, Ohio 6 January 1925 BornLima, Ohio

Enlisted

Toledo, Ohio 20 September 1943 EnlistedToledo, Ohio

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/678925921

https://www.fold3.com/record/88742020/robert-a-bohyer-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/138703085

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https://www.fold3.com/image/678925921

https://www.fold3.com/record/88742020/robert-a-bohyer-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/138703085

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ContributorKickapoo
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Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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http://www.oklahomahistory.net/airbase/remember.html#17a

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

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ContributorLucy May
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Article interviewing Robert Bohyer published by limaohio.com on 4 January 2015: http://www.limaohio.com/news/home_top-news/50978037/Lima-WWII-vet-share…

Bohyer listed as tail gunner on '5 Grand' in notes accompanying Lt. Unger's personal recollections of his service: http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons/remember.html#17a

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Robert Bohyer

Object number: UPL 65580 - S/Sgt Robert A. Bohyer