Robert G Crain
MilitaryAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.
Awards: 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 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672805
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tondelayo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kentucky, USA | 1 June 1925 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gneixendorf, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria | 9 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft XVIIb. |
Other Shot down |
Denmark | 9 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896. |
Died |
Dallas County, TX, USA | 4 April 1989 | |
Dallas, Texas, USA | |||
Based |
Bassingbourn | 9 October 1943 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Enlisted |
Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL), 8008 Herb Kelleher Way, Dallas, TX 75235, USA | Love Field Dallas, TX | |
Buried |
1100 SW 3rd St, Grand Prairie, TX 75051, USA | Southland Memorial Park Grand Prairie Dallas County, TX |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 896 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database