Robert Charles Burkholder
Military1st Scouting Force Personnel Nov-44.
L - R (Standing) Andy Peterson - Adjutant; Robert Van Beynum - Intelligence; Dwight W Hartman & Dick Smith - pilots; Harold C Strain - Navigator; John Allen, William 'Bill' E Schofield & William E Cox - Pilots; Herman Meyer - Weather Officer.
L - R (Kneeling) Pilots - Edwin A Post, Robert C 'Bob' Burkholder, Phil Algar, Col. Budd Peaslee, Francis C Clark, Clifford R Buckles and Dale McCory
Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x combat missions in B-17's. Detached for Special duties with 1st Scouting Force. 47 x combat missions in P-47's. Transferred to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of the British 'GOLDFISH CLUB' for having ditched in the North Sea (12-Jul-44).
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (8OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (6 x battle stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 749th Bomb Squadron 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0-712905
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Lead Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: What's Next?
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: G I Virgin
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Donna J II aka The Duchess
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
12 December 1924 | Son of Charles and Helen M Burkholder. | |
Enlisted |
13 April 1943 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
Other Bombing mission |
10 June 1943 | Bombing mission Gael, France 10-Jun-43 in B-17 42-102464. | |
Other Bombing mission |
1 August 1944 | Bombing mission Chateaudun, France 1-Aug-44 in B-17 43-37765. | |
Other Bombing mission |
19 August 1944 | Bombing mission Schkeuditz, Germany 18-Aug-44 in B-17 43-37765. | |
Based Detached Special Duty |
15 October 1944 | Detached for Special duties with 1st Scouting Force. | |
Based Transferred 492nd Bomb Group |
15 March 1945 | Transferred to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Died |
16 January 2006 | ||
Buried |
20 January 2006 | East Lawn Palms Cemetery and Mortuary Tucson, Pima County, AZ | |
Other End of War |
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Based |
15 October 1944 | Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Brought in source from duplicate record:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Bnames.html