William B Robinson

Military
media-19143.jpeg UPL 19143 Major John J. Remillet (787BS Commander), Captain William B. Robinson (466th BG Bombardier), LTC John C. Jennison (466th BG Operations Officer)

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 19143 - Major John J. Remillet (787BS Commander), Captain William B. Robinson (466th BG Bombardier), LTC John C. Jennison (466th BG Operations Officer)

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

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-7559

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Kelly
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

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Died

15 December 2003

Born

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466th BG Historian

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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

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Object number: UPL 19143 - Major John J. Remillet (787BS Commander), Captain...