Gregory Clement Drobinko
MilitaryGregory Drobinko was Right Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-3453, downed by enemy fighters on the 14 October 1943 mission to Schweinfurt, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW)
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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: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35662827
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16067300 at enlistment, then O-676959
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37306589
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18086878 at enlistment, then O-683032
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14090954 at enlistment, then O-798019
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Maspeth, Queens County, New York, USA | 21 January 1914 | |
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Enlisted |
Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA | 5 August 1942 | |
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Other Captured |
14 October 1943 | after bailing out of 42-3453 over Schweinfurt, Germany | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
14 October 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW records: "Returned to Military Control 12 July 1945." | |
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Died |
27 October 1984 |
Revisions
Updated Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 250147025.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250147025/gregory-clement-drobinko
MACR 831
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
SSDI Death Index
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 831 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Combat Chronology; Snetterton Falcons pg 61 & 76 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia