Robert K Strachen

Military

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 'Ole Worrybird' 42-102678 hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation 2-Nov-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10309.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16082534 / O-813576
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ole Worrybird
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 27 December 1922

Enlisted

Boston, MA, USA 15 September 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 2 November 1944 Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Baled out

Osnabrück, Germany 2 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 'Ole Worrybird' 42-102678 hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation 2-Nov-44 POW. MACR 10309.

Died

Fort Myers, FL, USA 13 August 2003

Buried

Fort Myers, FL, USA Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Fort Myers Lee County Florida
Worcester, MA, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database