Robert H Faulkner
Military
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FRE 5070
Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: Airfield
- 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
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
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
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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.