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Robert E King

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Assigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula in C-47 43-15146; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5712

Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Service

People

  • Robert Bennett

    Military | Captain | Pilot | 314th Troop Carrier Group
    Assigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula in C-47 43-15146; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5712 Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Isadore Caplan

    Military | 314th Troop Carrier Group

  • Vincent Chiodo

    Military | 314th Troop Carrier Group

  • Harry Ray

    Military | Technical Sergeant | 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron | 314th Troop Carrier Group
    Assigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF

Units served with

Aircraft

  • 43-15146

    C-47 Skytrain
    Assigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. 5 x Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5712

Associated Place

  • Saltby

    Military site : airfield
    Initially a grass airfield satellite to RAF Cottesmore, Saltby opened in August 1941 as the home of No. 14 OTU, but closed for development in August 1943. When allocated to the Ninth Air Force in February 1944, it had three concrete runways, 33 loop...

  • Stalag Luft III

    Other location

  • Dulag Luft 12

    Other location

Events

Event Location Date
Born Chicago, Illinois, USA

Son of Mary L King
Based Saltby 1944 – 7 June 1944

Assigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF.
Survived crash landing POW 2 miles NNE Picauville, France 7 June 1944

Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula in C-47 43-15146; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. POW MACR 5712
Prisoner of War (POW) Zagan, Poland 7 June 1944 – May 1945

Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
O-713816
Highest rank
Second Lieutenant
Role/job
Co-Pilot
Awards
  • Air Medal
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
  • Prisoner of War Medal
  • World War II Victory Medal

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
16 June 2019 10:28:31 Al_Skiff Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
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