Robert A Thompson

Military

18 missions. Shot down by fighters and crashed NE of Gardelegen, GR on a mission to Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31079. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag I Barth, Germany.

POW

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Units served with

401st Bomb Squadron

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

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31079

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
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).

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	6 March 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

6 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:58

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2897 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; MACR 2897, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces