Robert A Foster
Military
Object Number - UPL 37732 - Lt's Robert A Foster and Paul S Casey Jr.
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bremen in B-17 42-29574 'Sky Wolf II'; Shot down by Fw190's, turned over and crashed at Fiebing, 10 miles south of Aurich, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). 17-Apr-43. MACR 6574
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-442560
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Sky Wolf II
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 April 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Peoria, Illinois | 18 March 1918 | Allan Adam and Laura Jesslyn [MacNaughton] Foster. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Fiebing, Germany | 17 April 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bremen in B-17 42-29574 'Sky Wolf II'; Shot down by Fw190's, turned over and crashed at Fiebing, 10 miles south of Aurich, Germany. POW. 17-Apr-43. MACR 6574 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 17 April 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. Moved to work camp 49-11. |
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Died |
Tampa, FL | 19 December 1996 | |
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Buried |
Myrtle Hill Memorial Park Tampa, FL | 23 December 1996 | Myrtle Hill Memorial Park Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 17 April 1943 | Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6574, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 p. 105 by Bishop and Hey, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingborn p. 38 by Havelaar, NARA
