Robert M Balser
MilitaryAssigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Chaff-dispensing mission to Hamburg in Mosquito RF999 20-Mar-45. RTD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18042455 / O-748938
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mt Orab, OH | 30 August 1919 | Son of John Edmund and Nellie [Mount] Balser. |
Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, Newport, KY | 13 November 1941 | Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky |
Other Discharged USAAF |
8 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Menlo Park, CA | 12 June 1999 | |
Based |
Watton | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Bomb Group, pg 71, 73 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia