Robert E Lee Probasco
MilitaryAssigned to 511BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in B-17 42-39987 'Pin Ball' 28-May-44; shot down vicinity of Falkenburg, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5328
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38339963
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pin Ball
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bridgeton, New Jersey | 12 October 1921 | Son of John Wayland and Anna Matilda [Munck] Probasco. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Dix, NJ, USA | 16 June 1942 | Fort Dix, New Jersey |
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Other Baled out |
Vicinity Falkenburg, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-39987 'Pin Ball'. Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 28 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Warminster, PA 18974, USA | 12 February 2017 | |
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Buried |
25 February 2017 | Interred Arlington National Cemetery | |
| Shiloh, NJ 08353, USA | |||
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Based |
Polebrook | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 511BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Brought in source from duplicate record: Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5328 self