Robert Brookings Bangs
Military
Candy Brown, daughter of BTG John Kyler
Object Number - UPL 43625 - Robert Bangs (via Candy Brown, daughter of BTG John Kyler)
Shot down by fighters and flak on return from mission to Frankfurt on 4 February 1944 in B-17F #42-30423. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19066899 at enlistment, then O-804618
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35435819
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32830356
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32720108
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | 14 September 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
29 April 1941 | Chicago, Illinois | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 4 February 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Returned to Military Control on 25 May 1945. |
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Died |
12 September 1968 | Key West, Florida | |
| Chicago, Illinois | |||
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Buried |
Robert Bangs rests at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Geneva, Illinois |
Revisions
MACR 2237
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
Deitails from Candy Brown, daughter of Ball Turret Gunner John Kyler
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2237 / MACR 2237, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database