Robert Barton Singletary

Military
media-48280.jpeg UPL 48280 Captain Robert Baron Singletary
Pilot
416th Bomb Group - 670th Bomb Squadron - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 48280 - Captain Robert Baron Singletary Pilot 416th Bomb Group - 670th Bomb Squadron - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Denver Darling
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Boomerang
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Cille
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Thomasville, GA 17 June 1920

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

St. Hillaire, France 24 June 1944

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Stod, Czech Republic 1 May 1945 Flew 64 combat missions

Died

Dekalb County, Georgia 27 January 1991

Buried

Thomasville, GA 30 January 1991 Laurel Hill Cemetery Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, USA

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