Robert J Flint | American Air Museum

Robert J Flint

Military

Shot down 26 November 1944 in B-17 #4231515 'Wild Hare. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group.

324th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

An airman of the 91st Bomb Group in the cockpit of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31515) nicknamed "The Wild Hare" at Bassingbourn.

42-31515

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Wild Hare
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

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	Ohio

Revisions

Date28 Nov 2017 11:49:54

ContributorLucy May

Changes

Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=64974

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:35

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10836