Robert P Hine

Military

Crashed at Koblenz on 1 Jan 45 in B-24 'Massachusetts Girl' #42-50614, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.

467th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane. Four men standing in rear and five men kneeling in front

42-50614

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Massachusetts Girl
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Bend, Indiana, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 1 January 1945 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11587 / MACR 11587 & Watts book p 215 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database