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Robert Minor Baldi

Military

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Crew Number 51

Service

People

Units served with

  • 390th Bomb Group

    390th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...

  • 570th Bomb Squadron

    570th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-102532

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-O] Framlingham 11/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 19/5/44 with Dick Tannehill, Navigator: Bob Horst, Bombardier: Elmer Leggett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry...

  • 42-30325 Miss Carry

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Spokane 20/5/43; Portland 4/6/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/7/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-D] Framlingham 18/7/43; on mission to Frankfurt 29/1/44 with ? crew ?; coll with 42-30334 (390BG) but returned to...

  • 42-31275 G I Wonder

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Gr Island 25/10/43; Romulus 1/11/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-A] Framlingham 10/11/43; Melvin Adams Wounded in Action on Merseburg mission 29/6/44 Returned to the USA 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45;...

  • 42-31892 - I'll Be Around - The Skillet

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Note : The B-17G, 42-31892, was one of several B-17Gs in the 8th Air Force named, I'll Be Around, after the popular song in 1944, "I'll Be Around". WWII air crews often chose to name their airplanes with names already in use. ...

  • 42-31985 Devil's Aces

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Grenier 20/2/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-P] Framlingham 27/2/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg (18m) 28/5/44 with John Ingram, Co-pilot: Doug Banks, Navigator: Bob Tabeling, Radio Operator: Henry Czerpak,...

  • 42-32089

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 28/1/44; Gr Island 11/2/44; Presque Is 21/2/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-W] Framlingham 22/2/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg (26m) 28/5/44 with Adolph Mathias, Co-pilot: Henry Gerards, Navigator: Joe Freyland, Bombardier: Quinton...

Missions

  • 8th Air Force 253

    9 March 1944
    Berlin is once again targeted by this mission as a secondary target. Primary target not listed in source data. All 3 Air Divisions despatch aircraft. There is very little fighter opposition. Mission Summary follows: ...

  • 8th Air Force 266

    19 March 1944
    V-Weapon sites in France are the targets for this mission. A combined force of 193 B-17s of 1st and 3rd Air Divisions are despatched. Mission Summary follows: ...

  • 8th Air Force 273

    22 March 1944
    The German aviation industries at Oraneinburg and Basdorf were the intended primary target for this mission but dense cloud cover prevented the attack on these targets. The secondary target of Berlin, Germany and surrounding Targets of Opportunity (TOs...

  • 8th Air Force 275

    23 March 1944
    The industrial areas of Brunswick, Munster, Osnabruck, and Achmer, Germany as well as the airfield at Handorf, Germany become the targets for a force of 768 heavy bombers despatched by all three Air Divisions. The bomber gunner claims on German...

  • 8th Air Force 282

    27 March 1944
    This mission might be likened to a "shotgun blast" as a combined force 714 heavy bombers are despatched form all three Air Divisions to attack 11 different German airfields and air depots in France. Mission summary follows: ...

  • 8th Air Force 287

    1 April 1944
    The industrial areas of Ludwigshafen was the traget for this mission, but the mission was frustrated by heavy cloud cover and navigational errors that resulted in the mission going haywire. 3rd Air Division and 2nd Air Division despatch heavy bombers....

  • 8th Air Force 292

    8 April 1944

  • 8th Air Force 295

    10 April 1944

  • 8th Air Force 298

    11 April 1944

  • 8th Air Force 300

    12 April 1944

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Associated Place

  • Framlingham

    Military site : airfield
    Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Cleveland, OH 14 March 1920
Lived in Roseville, MI July 1941

26082 Parkington
390th BG Combat Tour Framlingham Airfield, UK 9 March 1944 – 4 August 1944

Completed a 35 Combat Mission Tour
Died North Olmsted, OH 24 January 1986
Buried North Olmsted, OH 27 January 1986

Sunset Memorial Park
North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
15322063
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/job
Tail Gunner
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
30 November 2020 00:46:20 466thHistorian Changes to service number and highest rank
Sources

http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1110539
Date Contributor Update
30 November 2020 00:45:48 466thHistorian Changes to middlename, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/39612777:60901?indiv=1...
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180759676/robert-m-baldi
Date Contributor Update
03 October 2018 14:13:09 general ira snapsorter Changes to role and media associations
Sources

Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:23:51 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Baldi%2C+Robert+M

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