Robert G Presley
Military
The aircraft is a Vega B-17F converted to a crew gunnery trainer in mid-1943.
Flying Fortress 1936 1945
Reports to Chief, AAF Summer, 1943, on aircraft nose turret production for B-17 & B-24 programs.
Object Number - UPL 27812 - Bob Presley (lower left) and his crew before departing the USA. The aircraft is a Vega B-17F converted to a crew gunnery trainer in mid-1943.
Shot down 7 May 1944 in B-17 #4237714 'Ronchi. ' Plane cashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ronchi
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bay City, Michigan, USA | 17 May 1919 | |
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Died |
Saginaw, MI, USA | 12 May 1977 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 7 May 1944 |
Revisions
I'm trying to provide all the updates I can with what materials my father had in his possession.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4953 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
