416th Bombardment Group (L) 1st Lt. Robert J. Basnett Bombardier/Navigator, 671st B.S.   Photo and Document Collection

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WWII Service

BN Training document and notes	Camp Bonneville	L-R: Lts. Peter Dontas (Pilot, 669th BS, KIA Aug 8, 1944), Robert J. "Bob" Basnett (B/N, 671st BS), Blair Hodgson Bradford (Pilot, 668/669th BS, KIA May 20, 1944), Luther E. Hill (Pilot, 668th BS) at Jack Dempsey's Broadway Bar and Cocktail Lounge, New York, NY prior to overseas deployment	L-R: Lts. Peter Dontas (Pilot, 669th BS, KIA Aug 8, 1944), Robert J. "Bob" Basnett (B/N, 671st BS), Blair Hodgson Bradford (Pilot, 668/669th BS, KIA May 20, 1944), Luther E. Hill (Pilot, 668th BS) at Jack Dempsey's Broadway Bar and Cocktail Lounge, New York, NY prior to overseas deployment
L-R: Lts. Peter Dontas (Pilot, 669th BS, KIA Aug 8, 1944), Robert J. "Bob" Basnett (B/N, 671st BS), Blair Hodgson Bradford (Pilot, 668/669th BS, KIA May 20, 1944), Luther E. Hill (Pilot, 668th BS) at Jack Dempsey's Broadway Bar and Cocktail Lounge, New York, NY prior to overseas deployment	Pointe Du Hoc (St. Pierre Du Mont) Target Photo	V-Mail letter from Clemie Smith to Bob Basnett, June 20, 1944. Clemie double dated with Bob, Bill Cramsie and Bill's girl friend Dee Rogers in NYC prior to shipping out for England. This letter mentions Bill Cramsie being MIA.	V-Mail letter from Lt. M. T. Dixon to Bob Basnett, July 24, 1944
B-24 "Lassie Come Home" at Wethersfield, England	Aid Station, Melun, France	Hay Stacks, likely near Melun, France	Uncertain building
5C-G 671st BS Douglas A-20K "Havoc", Serial # 44-185	5C-X 671st BS Douglas A-20K "Havoc", Serial # 44-560	5C-X 671st BS Douglas A-20K "Havoc", Serial # 44-560	Lt. Robert J. "Bob" Basnett, B/N, 671st BS
L-R: Lts. Hilary Cole and Bob Basnett, Melun, France	L-R: Lts. Joe Lackovich and Hilary Cole	Lt. John Lawrence "Shorty" Corum, B/N, 669th and 671st BS	Unidentified
L-R: Lts. Joseph J. "Joe" Lackovich, Pilot, 671st BS and Bob Basnett - Selfie	Lt. Hilary P. Cole, Pilot, 671st BS	Lt. William R. Jokinen, Pilot, 671st BS	Lt. William R. Jokinen, Pilot, 671st BS
L-R: Lts. William R. Jokinen and Joseph J. "Joe" Lackovich, Pilots, 671st BS	Lt. Phillip John Miller, Ordnance Officer, 671st BS	Lt. Robert J. "The Kid" Basnett	Lt. Joseph J. Lackovich and Lt. Robert J. Basnett, Melun, France, 1944
Lt. Robert J. Basnett, Melun, France, 1944	Description of 1st Lt. Robert J. Basnett E.T.O. tour of duty	Joplin Globe article on completion of 68 missions, April 8, 1945 (Image from Newspapers.com)	Joplin Globe article on Dinstinguished Flying Cross Award, July 26, 1945 (Image from Newspapers.com)

Post WWII

Bob Basnett, photo from Fulton Sun newspaper, June 1, 2001	Bob and his wife Puz at the August 23-25, 2003 416th Bomb Group Reunion, Branson, MO	Bob and Puz Basnett and Joanne Tripp, 2004 Reunion	Bob and his wife Puz at the August 10 -13, 2006 416th Bomb Group Reunion, Louisville, KY
2014 416th Bomb Group Reunion, Indianapolis, IN, September 4-6, 2014 Front row L-R - Bob Kehres, Wayne Downing, Ralph Conte, Dave Andrews Back row L-R - Joe Meagher, Bob Basnett, Roland Dullnig	L-R: Bob Basnett and Wayne Sayles	Bob and Puz Basnett	Bob and Puz Basnett
Bob and Puz Basnett	Jan Recob, daughter of Bob and Puz

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