Robert E Whitehand

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media-22259.jpeg UPL 22259 Robert E Whitehand - Iowa City, HQ 3rd Air Division, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

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Object Number - UPL 22259 - Robert E Whitehand - Iowa City, HQ 3rd Air Division, KIA

Was on non operational flight over France when hit by flak, had to bail out of 'Butch II' 42-31092.



Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Purple

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Units served with

Aircraft

A ground crewman with a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31092) of the 447th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: 'ISAD 22 June 44 (1574) Crash Landing B17G 42-31092 HON WS.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Batch II.'

42-31092

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Butch II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

27 March 1945

Born

Iowa City, IA, USA

Buried

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WW II Memorial

Restricted MACR #?  Declassified 1973

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