Robert O Bland

Military

Career airman for 23 years. 6 years as engine instructor at Chanute AFB. 1 year as Mobile Training instructor. MATS NCO Academy graduate. NCOIC to Chief of Maintenance in Tachikawa, Japan. Director of Training NCO Prep School, Hunter AFB.

EAME w/ Battle Stars/ GC

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Units served with

361st Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

A P-51 Mustang (B7-H_, serial number 44-13704) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" after the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace E. Hopkins, of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group.

374th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Jacksonville, Illinois	5 October 1923

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:57

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self