Robert Craig Haynes Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. After running out of gas on the return from bombing the target of Friedrichshafen, on 18 Mar 1944, B-24H 41-28649 'Little Bryan' crashed W of Vernon/Seine, after the crew bailed out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3552
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16169667
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Little Bryan
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ennis, TX | 12 September 1921 | Son of Robert Craig Sr and Dewey Regina [McComb] Haynes. |
Other Baled out |
Amiens, France | 18 March 1944 | After running out of gas on the return from bombing the target of Friedrichshafen, on 18 Mar 1944, B-24H 41-28649 'Little Bryan' crashed W of Vernon/Seine, after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 18 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
22 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Enlisted |
10 April 1950 | Enlisted USAF 10-Apr-50 | |
Died |
2 July 1994 | ||
Buried |
Myrtle Cemetery Ennis, Ellis County, TX | 5 July 1994 | Myrtle Cemetery Ennis, Ellis County, Texas |
Ennis, Texas | |||
Based |
Old Buckenham | 18 March 1944 | Assigned to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Discharged USAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90539650/robert-craig-haynes
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3352, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces