Robert R Langner

Military

Assigned to 331BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near St Andre on 13-Aug-44 in B-17  42-102605 'Kismet' Prisoner of War (POW)

Awards: POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kismet
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Places

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

Cicero, Illinois 27 August 1921 BornCicero, Illinois

Enlisted

25 August 1942

Other

Commissioned

15 January 1944 Commissioned 2nd Lt

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of war (POW)

Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany 13 August 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of war (POW)Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Other

Discharged

18 December 1945

Died

Tucson, Arizona 15 June 2007 DiedTucson, Arizona

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8362 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database