Robert C Breiling

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Neustadt on 9/28/44 in B-17 #446463



Killed in Action (KIA) 10 Feb 1945. Flew on B-17G #44-6463.



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-6463

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

10 February 1945

Born

Laytonville, California, USA

Buried

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 28 September 1944

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Sources

ABMC, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9421 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database