Leon D Roberts
MilitaryCrashed near Rotenburg on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 #42-97666, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
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&…
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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