Robert Louis Cutler
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 53241 - 1st Lt Robert L Cutler, 351BG.
Assigned to 511BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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: 351st Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823210
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot / Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11122176 / T-3176 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18085157 / O-667209
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11100244 / O-2060423
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Radar Navigator/Bombardier "Mickey Operator"
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kentucky Babe aka Ain’t it Gruesome
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oakdale, CA | 3 September 1920 | Son of Louis D and Eva Marie [Williams] Cutler. |
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Enlisted |
22 July 1942 | ||
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Other Commissioned |
7 February 1944 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
10 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Oakdale, CA | 26 May 1983 | |
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Buried |
Oakdale Citizens Cemetery Oakdale, Stanislaus County, CA | 29 May 1983 | Oakdale Citizens Cemetery Oakdale, Stanislaus County, California |
| Stockton, CA | |||
| Richmond, CA | At time of draft registration, employed by Standard Oil Company Richmond, California | ||
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Based |
Polebrook | Assigned to 511BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/
