Robert A Bartuska
Military
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UPL 18241
Crew #790
Richard Lester Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: William Kroll (N), Robert Bartuska (CP), Richard Lester (P), Fred Bennett (FE), Joseph Hamilton (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Joseph Kramer (NG), Frank Pienkalski (TG), Lawrence Baker (WG), Si Liberman (R/O) 466th Bomb Group collection
Richard Lester Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: William Kroll (N), Robert Bartuska (CP), Richard Lester (P), Fred Bennett (FE), Joseph Hamilton (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Joseph Kramer (NG), Frank Pienkalski (TG), Lawrence Baker (WG), Si Liberman (R/O) 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
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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: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 66896780
- Highest Rank: Other
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Earthquake McGoon
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cook County, Illinois | 6 June 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois | 30 September 1942 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
9 March 1945 - 21 April 1945 | 14 missions | |
Died |
Wheeling, Illinois | 30 October 2004 | |
Chicago, IL, USA | 3912 S. Throop Street |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford, page 343