Robert B McWhite
MilitaryCrash landed in B-17 42-30793 Ellough, Norfolk, on return from a mission. 11/4/44.
Shot down 24 April 1944 Freidrichshafen mission in B-17 #4231253. Prisoner of War (POW).
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
Missions
- Date: 24 April 1944
- Date: 11 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Crash landed |
Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk NR34, UK | 11 April 1944 | Crash landed in B-17 42-30793 Ellough, Norfolk, on return from a mission. 11/4/44. RTD. |
Other Shot down |
Ehrenberg, Germany | 24 April 1944 | Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 42-31253. POW. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III Żagań, Poland | 24 April 1944 | Prisoner of War. Stalag Luft III. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4289