Robert C Holan

Military

On 31 Dec 44 crashed landed after losing engines on take off in #43-37910. Landed on railroad tracks 1 mile from base, everyone walked away. Flew 29 missions.



Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Cluster

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

Aircraft

43-37910
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Cleveland, Ohio 23 September 1925

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added an association to the A/C #43-37910 listed in the "Summary biography".

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ContributorAAM
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486th Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self