Robert Charles Burkholder

Military
media-19746.jpeg UPL 19746 1st scouting force /
1st 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

Object Number - UPL 19746 - 1st scouting force / 1st Scouting Force Personnel Nov-44. L - R (Standing) Andy Peterson - Adjutant; Robert Van Beynum - Intelligence; Dwight W...

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

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 748th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group ('B', serial number 43-37765) at Glatton airfield. Handwritten caption on reverse: '748.'
  • 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

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington
Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

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

Based

15 October 1944 Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

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

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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