Robert A Schmidt

Military

Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-17 #42102470. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102470

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Skokie, Illinois, USA 22 March 1916 Niles, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Died

Prisoner of War (POW)

Chicago, IL, USA 3 January 1978 - 27 May 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Family history, US Social Security Death Index, Cook County records, ancestry.com.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database