Robert Blanar
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
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Informed that he was possibly the youngest pilot in the 8th Air Force, confirmed that he was the youngest Jewish pilot
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | 447th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Radio Operator | 447th Bomb Group
Military | 447th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 447th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | 447th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Military | 447th Bomb Group
Military | 447th Bomb Group
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 10/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 20/6/44; training mission 6/4/45 with Winston Johnson, Ray Parks, Walt Vukelic, Bob Woodbeck, Bob Schnug (5WIA), rest ?, crashed four miles W of Meltham Moor...
9 September 1944
12 September 1944
13 September 1944
19 September 1944
25 September 1944
26 September 1944
28 September 1944
2 October 1944
5 October 1944
12 October 1944
Black Week
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force in 1942, Rattlesden had three concrete runways, 50 hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. Intended to be a twin-engine B-26 bomber base, it was originally a satellite for nearby Rougham, and first occupied from...
Other location
Other location
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Lived in | Hinsdale Street, Brooklyn |
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16 January 2021 02:40:11 | pamccolgan | Changes to media associations |
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447 Bomb Group |
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07 January 2021 00:50:10 | pamccolgan | Changes to role |
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447 |
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07 January 2021 00:49:15 | pamccolgan | Changes to person associations and mission associations |
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447th Bomber Group Loading lists |
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07 January 2021 00:14:26 | pamccolgan | Changes to mission associations |
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Pictorial history of the 447 Bomb Group |
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07 January 2021 00:12:42 | pamccolgan | Changes to mission associations |
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Pictorial history of the 447 Bomb Group |
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06 January 2021 19:14:38 | pamccolgan | Changes to person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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447 Bomb Group History and Loading lists |
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30 January 2020 14:12:00 | Emily | Changes to unit associations and media associations |
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Cohen's image and squadron identified by user Tim Motz in David M. Ganz, B-17 Production: Boeing Aircraft: 25 April 1944–22 June 1944 while undertaking research into photos of crews in the pictorial history of the 447th Bomb Group. User profile for Travelahead who is Cohen's confirms he was pilot of B-17 "Barbara Jane" |
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07 June 2019 15:26:26 | Travelahead | Changes to nickname, biography and awards |
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Son of Emil Cohen |
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27 September 2014 18:09:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945 |