William B Robinson
Military466th BG Historian
Damaged by flak in the Bombardiers station and the left rudder enroute to V-sites in France on 15 Feb 1944, B-24H #42-7559 'Kelly' returned to England and crashed upon landing at RAF Manston, Kent. RTD. Served as Bombadier during WWII. He retired from the air force as a Colonel He served in Europe after the war and was a fellow at the Harvard Univ Center for International Affairs till the mid=1960s When he retired he was a special adviser to the undersecretary of state for political affairs
DFCAir Medal w/3Oak Leaf Cluster.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Kelly
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
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Revisions
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Birsic, SO#279 06 Oct 43 Sioux City, IA to Lincoln Neb, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Frces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia