Robert Adolph Galvan
MilitaryAssigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 41-28913; shot down by Fw190. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10652
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14190188 / O-826433
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33642083
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Engineer / waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron 767th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Antonio, TX | 18 October 1923 | Son of Robert G and Mary E Galvan. |
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Enlisted |
San Antonio, TX | 20 March 1942 | San Antonio, Texas |
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Other Forced landing POW |
Roznava, Hungary | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 41-28913; shot down by Fw190. POW MACR 10652 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
San Antonio, TX | 26 June 1956 | |
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Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, TX | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, TX | |
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Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |