Leon D Roberts

Military

Crashed near Rotenburg on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 #42-97666, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97666

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th 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

Stephenville, Texas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Żagań, Poland 31 December 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Added S/N and Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag Luft III per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&cat=GP24&…

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11234 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database