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Robert R Humphreys

Military

media-38315.jpeg UPL 38315 "Brigadier General Robert Travis with lead crew on a bombing mission to Nantes, France, pose in front of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". 303rd Bomb Group, England. 16 September 1943."

Rear L-R: 2Lt George E Wright, Brig Gen Robert F Travis, Maj Kirk R Mitchell, 1Lt Reinaldo Jose Saiz, 1Lt Paul W Scroggins, 1Lt Richard E McElwain.

Front L-R: S/Sgt Robert R Humphreys, S/Sgt Angelo L Longo, T/Sgt Joseph E Scheuerer, Sgt A.J. Hamilton.

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Object Number - UPL 38315 - "Brigadier General Robert Travis with lead crew on a bombing mission to Nantes, France, pose in front of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". 303rd...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. ETD

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Insignia associated with the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.

427th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 303rd Bomb Group prepare to load bombs and ammunition into a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Satan's Workshop". Passed as censored, then marked as 'Confidential' 27 Aug 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '303BG.' On reverse: 'Confidential Until Re-Classified By Censor' and US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamps].

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Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Satan's Workshop
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of the east end of Molesworth airfield looking north, the control tower and two T2 hangars are right of the vertical runway, 5 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/889. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Based	Molesworth		Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date7 May 2019 15:24:11

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:02

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-hij.html#H

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