Robert Franklin Price
Military
Pilot - 668th BS Commander
416th Bomb Group
Wethersfield Airfield, UK
Object Number - UPL 48603 - Major Robert Franklin Price Pilot - 668th BS Commander 416th Bomb Group Wethersfield Airfield, UK
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Out Helln
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Timmy II
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Holey Joe
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Boaz Wood, West Virginia | 5 November 1920 | |
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Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Poix Airfield, France | 3 March 1944 | |
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Other Wounded in Action/Purple Heart |
Chartres, France | 3 June 1944 | General Orders No. 99, 9 June 1944, Purple Heart is awarded to: 668th Bombardment Squadron (L), Robert F. Price, O-431508, Major, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States on 3 June 1944, while serving as Pilot of an A-20 airplane on a combat operational mission over enemy occupied territory. Entered military service at Valley Chapel, W. Va. |
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Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
Stod, Czech Republic | 3 May 1945 | Price flew 78 combat missions. He flew both the first 416th BG combat mission and the last (285th) 416th BG combat mission some 14 months later. |
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Died |
Fayetteville, Arkansas | 14 September 1992 | |
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Buried |
25 September 1992 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Plot Section 59 Site 2451 |