Robert Ford Sullivan

Military

Assigned to 61BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8920



Awards: AM (5OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Milton Rex Wingard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-440624
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31091

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maggie
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Frankfort, Indiana 11 October 1922 Son of Neil and Alta M Sullivan.

Enlisted

LaFayette, IN 14 October 1942 la Fayette, Indiana

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth Germany 11 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

1 September 1985

Buried/ Commemorated

Greenlawn Cemetery Frankfort, Clinton County, IN 4 September 1985 Greenlawn Cemetery Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana

Based

Deenethorpe 11 September 1944 Assigned to 61BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Milton Rex Wingard; MACR 8920,

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