Placido L Sanchez Jr

Military
media-28376.jpeg UPL 28376 Lt Robert F Starks crew in front of "Stark's Ark" 42-37806, the crew went down with 42-31935 on 6 march 44 mission to Berlin, 3 x KIA included pilot and 6 x OW, MACR 2989.

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Object Number - UPL 28376 - Lt Robert F Starks crew in front of "Stark's Ark" 42-37806, the crew went down with 42-31935 on 6 march 44 mission to Berlin, 3 x KIA included pilot...

Attacked by fighters and crashed SW of Cloppenburg, GR on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31935 'Stark's Ark', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31935

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron

Events

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Prisoner of war

6 March 1944

Born

Las Vegas, Nevada

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2989, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Object number: UPL 28376 - Lt Robert F Starks crew in front of "Stark's Ark"...