Robert A Bassham

Military

media-45750.jpeg UPL 45750 Gunn Crew, 447th Bomb Group, 711 Squadron.
Standling L-R: Louis Fugazi, Robert Frier, Paul Wingeier, Rober Lane, Raymond Scott
Kneeling L-R: Fred Gunn, David Bowen, Robert A. Bassham (navigator), Robert M. Goldsmith (bombardier)
Crew was assigned with the 222nd Combat Crew training, Ardmore Oklahoma, and assigned to the 447th the 27th or May, 1944

Personal knowledge. Robert Bassham was my father.

Object Number - UPL 45750 - Gunn Crew, 447th Bomb Group, 711 Squadron. Standling L-R: Louis Fugazi, Robert Frier, Paul Wingeier, Rober Lane, Raymond Scott Kneeling L-R: Fred...

Army serial no. 0708241. Flew 35 combat missions, 15 as lead navigator, in the European theater of operations. Then served 9 months as medical training instructor for returning navigators at Ellington Field in Texas. Date of entry into active service: Feb. 5, 1944. Date of separation: Sept. 15, 1945. Training: Preflight: 8 weeks in Santa Anna, CA. Primary pilot: 4 weeks Phoenix, AZ. Aerial gunnery: 8 weeks Las Vegas. Advanced navigation: 18 weeks Mather Field CA. Navigation 6 weeks Ellington Field TX. After the war, he became a clinical psychologist and served many years as the Director of Psychological Services at the Children's Medical Center in Tulsa, OK. He passed away on June 5, 1994.