Robert F Jaouen

Military

10/14/43 on return from Schweinfurt mission, with B-17 #42-5482 'Cat O'Nine Tails' running out of fuel landed at Bedfordshire. Crew returned.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5482

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cat-O-Nine Tails
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Fighter Group

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Copied the "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field, merged all data fields and then removed the duplicate person.

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Added a connection to the A/C #42-5482 "Cat O'Nine Tails" per info in the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on page 141.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-hij.html#H