Harold E Robbins

Military

LWG, Humason Crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-3100. Mission #16 to Kassel, Germany. MACR 129. Wounded in the aircraft, L thigh fracture. Bailed out the waist window with S/Sgt Anderson. Prisoner of War in Stalag XVIIB, Krems, Austria.

Clearfield, PA



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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Walter J Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19062737
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Alfred Casaly

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797464
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Tail Gunner

Frank Fabiano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35384110
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Leroy N Hames

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738843
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Guerdon W Humason

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735380
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A Dutch soldier surveys the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 381st Bomb Group that has crashed near Apeldoorn. First Handwritten caption on reverse: '381BG, 30/7/43 by Fighters.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-3100, 381 BG, 532 BS. 3 KM SE of Apeldoorn, 30-7-43 10:45 Hrs. RNAF'

42-3100

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

24 November 1923

Other

Prisoner of War

30 July 1943 Stalag XVIIB

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Prisoner of war

30 July 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 129 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database