Robert William Seelos

Military

Pilot of B-17 #41-24465 'Montana Power'. Hit by flak and shot down by fighters on his 19th mission, the 5 April 1943 one to the ERLA works in Antwerp, Belgium. MACR 15534. Parachuted into Wuustwezel, North of Antwerp and was immediately made prisoner. Prisoner of War (POW). He was interned at Stalag Luft 1 and was liberated at Stalag Luft VIIA (7A) in Moosburg, Germany, by Patton's 3rd Army.

Bob Seelos was Vice President of the 306th Bombardment Group Association ( http://www.306bg.us ) and was also President (1986-1989 and 1998-2001) of the Brand Library and Art Center of Glendale, California.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William E Baker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34258894
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Fred Ray Hampton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14071743
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

William Harold Keskey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16022965
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Lieutenant Alexander Kramarinko of the 303rd Bomb Group with the engine of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 16 Dec 1942. Printed caption on reverse: '"Good Old Chi-Town". Lt. Alexander Kramarinko of the Air Corps used to be in the Swiss Dairy Bar at Haywood, Illinois. He lived with his parents at 1931 Potomac Avenue, Chicago andhis fieancee is Miss Jean Neuman at 323 Tremont Ave. Kenmore, N.Y. His very inclusive message is "Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to Good old Chi-Town." O.P.S. sho

Alexander Kramarinko

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16035409 and O-661851
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Roland Magee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39826025
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

41-24465

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Montana Power
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philipsburg, Montana 22 May 1920

Enlisted

Missoula, Montana, United States 18 August 1941 as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 5 April 1943 Interned at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth; force-marched to Stalag VIIA (7A) in Moosburg, where he was liberated by US troops. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military control 25/06/1945".

Died

Glendale, California, United States 16 May 2005

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 15534
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Research on plane and crew for website www.evasioncomete.org

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / NARA, First Over Germany pg. 2, 6-8. 26, 49, 58 & 81; MACR 15533, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1