Robert H Faulkner

Military
Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group. media-395013.jpg FRE 5070 Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5070 - Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

Top Turret Gunner with plane #44-6596 'Sweet Dish'. Plane badly damaged during mission on 5 December 1944. Faulkner and two others bailed out and were captured. Rest of crew stayed on board and pilot was able to nurse aircraft back to base.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweet Dish
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

5 December 1944

Revisions

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Contributorsterobfer
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Stephen R Ferrao

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Contributorsterobfer
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Stephen R Ferraro

Date
ContributorLucy May
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MACR 11331 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=63708

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 180.

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