Robert Polk Riordan
Military
Object Number - UPL 32618 - "King George VI on tour of the 8th bomber command somewhere in England, studies battle damaged wing of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. L-R: Lt Robert...
369th BS Commanding Officer, 92nd BG Deputy Commander [September 1944]. Third bomb group to go to England. Original plane the 'Wahoo'. Two tours of combat duty [51 missions, 9 were with the 92nd BG]. Many close calls. Visit by King George to see my battle damaged plane and crew; special flight to North Africa in support of invasion of Sicily. Retired 1969 after 30 years service. Assignments in Japan, Hawaii, Italy (NATO), and in the US--Pentagon and SAC.
Awards: SS, DFC (OLC), AM (6OLC), Croix De Guerre, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
He also served a term as President of the 306th BG Association
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-789381
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 14003199
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner; Ball Turret Gunner
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Stamford, Texas | 11 June 1916 | Son of Frank Joseph and Nora [Polk] Riordan. |
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Enlisted |
3201 Milam Dr, Brownwood, TX 76801, USA | 14 July 1941 | Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas |
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Died |
Dallas, TX, USA | 27 May 2004 | |
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Buried |
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas, Dallas County, TX | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas, Dallas County, Texas | |
| El Paso, TX, USA |
Revisions
Key Image ID.
https://www.fold3.com/image/312121241?terms=Robert%20Riordan
https://www.fold3.com/record/61519689-robert-p-riordan
https://www.fold3.com/record/90208968-robert-p-riordan
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14003938/robert-p.-riordan
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8911548/robert-polk-riordan
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, First Over Germany pg. 2, 40, 47, 55-58, 131-138, 153, 181, 188-9, 216-17, 272, 281, 291, & 324; Combat Crews pg. 93-94 & 137,
