Robert Wallace Thomson
MilitaryShot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-5077 'Delta Rebel No. 2', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36305610 / O-675234
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32212227 / O-736872
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33278222
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33315247
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 12 August 1943 - 10 August 1945 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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Born |
Revisions
Added a middle name per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Corrected surname per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added "No. 2" to the A/C nickname mentioned in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 261 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database