Robert Edward Way Jr

Military

Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Jim Elduff crew. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

People

James V Elduff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20315687 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31545

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Time Inc.
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

44-8418

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Time Inc II
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Williams, AZ 20 February 1921 Son of Robert Edward Sr and Cora A Way.

Enlisted

Phoenix, AZ 22 October 1942 Phoenix, Arizona

Other

Discharged USAAF

12 July 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

3 October 1981

Buried

Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery Las Vegas, Clark County, NV 6 October 1981 Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery Las Vegas, Clark County, NV

Based

Glatton Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/539546839
https://www.fold3.com/image/202332989
https://www.fold3.com/record/83344258-robert-e-way
https://www.fold3.com/record/619933445-robert-way-1921
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140743177/robert-e_-way

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Wnames.html