signed book 92ND BOMB GROUP VET AUTOBIOGRAPHY thornton 92d

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signed book 92ND BOMB GROUP VET AUTOBIOGRAPHY thornton 92d
signed book 92ND BOMB GROUP VET AUTOBIOGRAPHY thornton 92d
TWENTY-SEVEN-EIGHTY BLUES
By Robert L. Thornton - SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Privately Printed in 2006 - First edition
226 Pages  - Softcover (8 inches / 20 cm tall)
CONDITION: Good, some wear from storage and reading.
Author obituary:
Thornton, Robert L.
May 15, 1925 - March 16, 2019
Robert Lee Thornton, 93, of Osprey, Florida, passed away peacefully in his home on March 16, 2019. Robert was born on May 15, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Glenn and Gertrude (Weiss) Thornton. He celebrated his eighteenth (18) birthday under the shadow of WWII with a trip to the local enlistment center. He was called to active duty on September 11, 1943. Ultimately, Robert became a Radio Operator Mechanic Gunner on a B-17 in the 325th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Army Air Force and flew twenty-seven combat missions in the European theater. Robert wrote a memoir of his service during WWII entitled "Twenty-Seven-Eighty Blues", a reference to the fuel capacity of his much-loved B-17. Robert explained that if the plane was fueled to capacity, that is 2,780 gallons, the crew knew the mission would involve maximum effort and a bombing run deep into enemy territory. Robert was discharged on December 19, 1945, and embarked on a life-long civilian career with Western Electric Company.
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