Robert L Colligan Jr
MilitaryShot down 12 September 1944 in B-17 #43-38308, Prisoner of War (POW).
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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
- 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 |
Revisions
Copied Role from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one person can be deleted.
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one person can be deleted.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
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.
MACR 8868 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database