Robert L Colligan Jr

Military

Shot down 12 September 1944 in B-17 #43-38308, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richmond Hill, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 12 September 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

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Copied Role from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one person can be deleted.

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one person can be deleted.

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 8868 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database