RWB Archive

Personal Photograph Collection

Flying Cadet through Retirement, 1939–1970

127 flatbed scans from Bob’s personal collection, annotated by his son Andy Burns, daughter Becky Burns, and wife Ruth Burns. Covers his time as a Flying Cadet through his command of the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook, WWII, and his postwar career through retirement in July 1970 — McChord AFB, Colorado Springs ADC, Tyndall AFB, Pakistan MAAG, the USS Pueblo Crisis in South Korea, and Seymour Johnson AFB.

Annotations by: ✎ Andy ✎ Becky ✎ Ruth ✎ Bob ▶ Printed caption
94 photographs
4 eras
600 DPI flatbed scans
XMP + IPTC metadata archived
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Photographs from the Robert W. Burns personal collection, preserved by the Burns family. Scanned at 600 DPI, January 2026. Annotations by Andy Burns (son), Becky Burns (daughter), Ruth Burns (wife), and Bob Burns himself. Archive maintained by Sam Burns.