Robert M Balser

Military

Assigned 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

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

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

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.