Robert Charles H Prolow
Military
Object Number - UPL 67509 - 2nd Lt Robert C H Prolow
Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-37874. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15048556 / O-793457
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Who Dat - Ding Bat
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Clayton County, Iowa | 1 April 1922 | Clayton County, Iowa |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Texel Island, Netherlands | 29 November 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA)Texel Island, Netherlands |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | 1 January 1946 | Re-InterredCambridge American CemeteryCoton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1532
