Robert L Stelzer

Military
media-30785.jpeg UPL 30785 Crew 10 of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, who have just returned from a bombing mission over Europe, pose in front of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Bonnie Donnie' at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 3 February 1944.

1Lt Stelzer crew (401st BG 613th BS) , not in order : Stelzer-pilot, Johnson-copilot, Hobbs-navigator, Warren-bombardier, Pack-radio, Hecker-engineer, Black-ball turret gunner, Rice-tail gunner, Holland-left waist gunner, Nicely-right waist gunner.

https://www.fold3.com/image/32158746?terms=42-31034

Object Number - UPL 30785 - Crew 10 of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, who have just returned from a bombing mission over Europe, pose in front of the Boeing B-17...

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. "The Bonnie Donnie" flown by Capt Stelzer, after Frankfurt mission set down on her belly. Rains and snow had mired the ground on adjacent turf so that a glide landing would have been impossible. Propellers were bent out of shape.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

James P Black

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Donald A Hecker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Herbert L Hobbs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Thomas H Holland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Wendell Taylor Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-687036
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-31226

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Saint and Ten Sinners
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

42-39932

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweat er Out
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

12 April 1911

Died

Hagerstown, MD 24 July 1995

Buried

Cedar Lawn Memorial Park, Hagerstown, MD Cedar Lawn Memorial Park Hagerstown, Washington County, MD

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https://www.fold3.com/record/9770468-robert-l-stelzer
https://www.fold3.com/image/46713482?terms=robert%20l%20Stelzer
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=11781
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142725463/robert-l_-stelzer

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=178

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Object number: UPL 30785 - Crew 10 of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb...