Robert G Ritter

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Cologne on 10/15/44 in B-17 #4338296. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38296

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsfield, New Hampshire, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 15 October 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9476 / MACR 9476, Combat Crews pg 95, First Over Germany pg 285, NARA / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database