Robert Frantz Brubaker
Military
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FRE 3694
First Lieutenant R.F. Brubaker, a bombardier of the 91st Bomb Group inside the nose gun position of his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Our Gang", using a Norden bombsight 24 June 1943. Image via BL Davies. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'ETO HQ 43 4321 Pearson 24 June 1943. 1st Lt. R.F. Brubaker, Clearwater, FLA., Bombardier of "Our Gang", a Flying Fortress operating from England, at his Norden Bombsight, just before the ship took off for a bombing mission over enemy territory.' Was passed for publication on 30 Jun 1943, but later reclassified to Confidential. On reverse: 'Return to P.I.D., File, and Confidential Until Re-Classified By Censor' [Stamps].
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew member on B-17 41-24464 'Excalibur' ditched into North Sea on 4-Mar-43. Returned to base (RTD). Failed to Return (FTR) Huls in B-17 42-29998 22-Jun-43; A/C shot down. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 15576
Awards: AM, 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: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-438095
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
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 |
Wabash, IN | 5 March 1920 | Son of V L Brubaker. |
Enlisted |
Langley Field, Hampton, VA | 12 December 1941 | Langley Field, Virginia |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 22 June 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III, moved to Nurenberg 49-11. |
Clearwater, FL | |||
Based |
Bassingbourn | 22 June 1943 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Pinellas County, FL |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15576 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor; MACR 15576, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey p. 87, NARA POW records