Robert Paul Mechling
Military
UPL 66821
UPL 66821
384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/19 July 1944, Hollsriegelskreuth (Industry).
Back L-R: TSgt. Robert Bailey (RO), unidentified 1, unidentified 2, 1st Lt. Robert Mechling (B), Maj. Gordon Stallings (CA/CP).
Front L-R: 2nd Lt. John Giles (N), 1st Lt. Kenneth Ungerman (P), 2nd Lt. Charles Widner (OBS/TG), SSgt. Herbert Stephens (FG).
To Be Identified: TSgt. Roger Schlising (TT), SSgt. Frank Vallone (BT).
546th Bomb Squadron
384th Bomb Group
8th Air Force 482
42-102933
Grafton Underwood
Robert R Bailey
Robert Paul Mechling
Gordon K Stallings
John P Giles
Kenneth A Ungerman
Charles W Widner
Herbert A Stephens
Roger E Schlising
Frank P Vallone
On
Back L-R: TSgt. Robert Bailey (RO), unidentified 1, unidentified 2, 1st Lt. Robert Mechling (B), Maj. Gordon Stallings (CA/CP).
Front L-R: 2nd Lt. John Giles (N), 1st Lt. Kenneth Ungerman (P), 2nd Lt. Charles Widner (OBS/TG), SSgt. Herbert Stephens (FG).
To Be Identified: TSgt. Roger Schlising (TT), SSgt. Frank Vallone (BT).
The Quentin Bland Collection. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35724/search/8882
EAME Ribbon w/4 bronze stars/ Air Medal w/4 Oak Leaf Cluster/DFC
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 19 December 1923 | |
Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering NN14 3AA, UK | 16 April 1944 - 4 December 1944 | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944. Ralph W. Meland Crew. 27 combat missions. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…