Robert B McWhite

Military

Crash landed in B-17 42-30793 Ellough, Norfolk, on return from a mission. 11/4/44.

Shot down 24 April 1944 Freidrichshafen mission in B-17 #4231253. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Airmen of the 388th Bomb Group climb aboard their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30793) nicknamed "Tom Paine" before a mission. Written on slide casing: 'Tom Paine.'

42-30793

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tom Paine
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

42-31253

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

315

  • Date: 24 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Crash landed

Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk NR34, UK 11 April 1944 Crash landed in B-17 42-30793 Ellough, Norfolk, on return from a mission. 11/4/44. RTD.

Other

Shot down

Ehrenberg, Germany 24 April 1944 Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 42-31253. POW.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Stalag Luft III Żagań, Poland 24 April 1944 Prisoner of War. Stalag Luft III.

Revisions

Date24 Dec 2015 10:56:38
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

AAM DB Entry.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:00
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4289