Robert R Langner
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- 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 |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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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