Cyril Robert Suing

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SSgt C. Robert “Bob” Suing UPL 69765 UPL 69765 SSgt. Bob Suing (RO/Ball Gunner) Outside of his B-17G

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Object Number - UPL 69765 - SSgt. Bob Suing (RO/Ball Gunner) Outside of his B-17G

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A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

SSgt C. Robert “Bob” Suing

43-38136

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snow White
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron 838th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6616) nicknamed "Short Arm" of the 486th Bomb Group. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: 'Short Arm 4N:A, 46616, 5/45.'

44-6616

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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I am the grandson of this airman. I possess all of his ETO service records, medals, and photos

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I am the Grandson of this Airman. I possess all of his service records from WW2

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster

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SSgt C. Robert “Bob” Suing

Object number: UPL 69765 - SSgt. Bob Suing (RO/Ball Gunner) Outside of his B...