Edwin K Kirschner

Military
media-28376.jpeg UPL 28376 Lt Robert F Starks crew in front of "Stark's Ark" 42-37806, the crew went down with 42-31935 on 6 march 44 mission to Berlin, 3 x KIA included pilot and 6 x OW, MACR 2989.

Object Number - UPL 28376 - Lt Robert F Starks crew in front of "Stark's Ark" 42-37806, the crew went down with 42-31935 on 6 march 44 mission to Berlin, 3 x KIA included pilot...

Attacked by fighters and crashed SW of Cloppenburg, GR on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31935 'Stark's Ark'. Prisoner of War (POW). In Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Ger.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2989, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / MACR 3989 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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