Robert Bruce Hoffman
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) crashed near Voves on 23 Jun 44 in P-38 #4267578
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Baltimore, Maryland, Verenigde Staten | 12 May 1921 | |
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Other missing in Action (MIA) |
was imprisoned and freed in april 1945 by the army of general Patton. | ||
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Other Unknown |
Voves, Frankrijk | 23 June 1944 | his plane came down near the village Voves 60 km south of Dreux macr 06246 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6246 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list