Robert P Brud
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
4-Feb-43 First mission as susbtitute Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie.
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
Connections
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 28 March 1943
- Date: 4 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1, SGT Robert O. Brud, w/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Hamm, Germany | 4 February 1943 | Served as substitute Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, SGT Robert O. Brud, w/B-17F 41-24562, 303BG/358BS |
Rouen, France | 28 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24562 "Sky Wolf", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Roeun, France. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 7-Mar-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 28-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/026.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Mar-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 4-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/014.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Mar-2016. Made connections to Place, Aircraft (through 31-Mar-43), and Missions (through 31-Mar-43); Added First Mission paragraph and Mission Particiapations statement to Summary Biography per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: 303BG Personnel Records: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster