Robert Warren Wallin
Military
Object Number - FRE 1473 - Roy H. Mohr and his bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30203). Handwritten caption on reverse:...
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Roy Mohr crew. 13 x combat missions, six aborts. Failed to Return (FTR) Stuttgart in B-17 42-30203 'Shack-Up'; Shot down 6-Sep-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3126
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733696
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Up
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
St Paul, Minnesota, USA | 9 July 1918 | Son of Elwood Theodore and Helen Wallin. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN | 9 January 1942 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
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Other Baled out POW |
Sancourt, France | 6 September 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Stuttgart in B-17 42-30203 'Shack-Up'; Shot down 6-Sep-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3126 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 6 September 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN | 9 December 2015 | Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Knettishall | 6 September 1943 | Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3126 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database