Robert Bateson
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 452nd Bomb Group
MACR Number: 2862 Date: 440225 Aircraft Type: B-17
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Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39841. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 452nd Bomb Group
MACR Number: 2862 Date: 440225 Aircraft Type: B-17
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39841. Prisoner of War (POW). Repatriated due to injuries - date unknown.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39841. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39841. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39841. Prisoner of War (POW). Injured by 20mm shell.
Held in camp Stalag 9c Bad Sulza Saxe Weimar 51 11.
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39841 "Wacky Woody". Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Captain | Pilot | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 February 1944 at Saarbrucken, Germany in B-17 #42-39841. Prisoner of War (POW). Amputation of right leg. Repatriated due to injuries in Feb 1945.
Germany POW camp : Stalag 9c Bad Sulza Saxe Weimar 51 11
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39841. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39841 "Wacky Woody". Prisoner of War (POW).
Group
The 452nd Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deopham Green, Norfolk, from January 1944. The air crews hit strategic sites in Germany but also supported the movement of ground forces across Europe after D-Day. On 6 June 1944 itself, the Group...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 16/9/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-G] Snetterton 9/10/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with 452BG crew with Bill Lupole WIA (leg amputated), Co-pilot: Bob Bateson, Navigator: John Buhs (Wounded in Action), Bombardier: Roy...
Military site : airfield
Deopham Green was another air base constructed after America's entry into the war to Class A standards for use by the B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. When the 452nd Bomb Group arrived in January 1943 they found a main runway of 2,000 yards, two...
Military site : non-airfield
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Born | Lowell, IN 46356, USA | 30 October 1922 |
Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 25 February 1944 – 7 May 1945 |
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 |
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Died | Munster, IN, USA | 30 January 2005 |
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30 August 2017 15:41:16 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to media associations |
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http://www.teunispats.nl/jack-edward-gibbs-4.htm and personal photographs |
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29 August 2017 18:09:06 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to media associations |
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personal collection |
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29 August 2017 18:02:38 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to events |
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death certificate |
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29 August 2017 16:40:28 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to media associations |
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29 August 2017 15:17:32 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to place associations |
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29 August 2017 14:51:04 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to service number |
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29 August 2017 14:50:08 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to place associations |
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29 August 2017 06:08:54 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to nickname |
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29 August 2017 06:07:36 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to person associations |
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Wacky Woody Crew |
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29 August 2017 05:50:31 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to biography |
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Wacky Woody information |
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29 August 2017 05:38:11 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to unit associations |
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29 August 2017 05:25:59 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to media associations |
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29 August 2017 05:18:07 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to person associations |
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29 August 2017 05:07:22 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to person associations |
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Veteran's personal information |
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29 August 2017 05:02:02 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to person associations and place associations |
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Personal description by POW |
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29 August 2017 04:50:51 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to person associations |
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Personal conversations with my dad |
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29 August 2017 04:47:38 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to middlename and awards |
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Service record and headstone |
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29 August 2017 04:40:01 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to events |
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From the Veteran's own notes |
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29 August 2017 04:29:44 | CAROL BAKER-MURRAY | Changes to unit associations |
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Service records |
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27 September 2014 18:17:34 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 2862 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |