Robert B Landry
MilitaryJCook Photo Collection & Archives
CO 56th FG )ct 1943 - Jan 1944 CO 493rd BG
32 combat missions flown with 1 air kill.
Served as chief of combat operations of the 8th Fighter Command; commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group; director of fighters, Eighth Air Force; executive officer, 93rd Combat Wing (Heavy); and commanding officer, 493rd Bomb Group, Heavy with 6 combat missions flown as Command Pilot.
Following the Normandy invasion, he became director of operations, Air Staff, SHAEF at Frankfurt, Germany.
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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: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
1 December 1909 |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
http://www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/history.htm
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/56thfg.php?action=list_records&sort_orde…
http://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106440/major-gen…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45 / http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php