Robert L Murray

Military

Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29640 'Old Ironsides'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

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

359th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-29640

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Ol Ironsides
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crash landed. Written on slide casing: 'Raunchy crash TA.'

VIII Bomber Command 81

Date: 12 August 1943

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Augusta Georgia	20 March 1920
Other POW	Krems Austria	12 August 1943 - 2 May 1945	Stalag 17B
Died	Augusta Geogia	18 March 2003

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Date

Description

Born

Augusta Georgia

20 March 1920

Other

POW

Krems Austria

12 August 1943 - 2 May 1945

Stalag 17B

Died

Augusta Geogia

18 March 2003

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Date10 Jan 2020 22:47:14

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Copied the "Summary biography" from his pilot, 1Lt Arthur H Pentz. Added a connection to 8th AF.
Added S/N and POW camp info from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:45

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Sources

MACR 256 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database