Richard M Lambiotte
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed SE of Oldenburg after seven crewmembers baled out on a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17F #42-30799 'Big Ass Bird II'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Ass Bird ll
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 6 March 1944 | Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12 |
Revisions
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an Association to Dulag Luft 12 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #250 for 3/6/1944 per info in the "Summary biography".
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3017 / MACR 3017, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database