Robert Earl Congdon
Military
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FRE 4892
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97372, BOOBY TRAP. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17029188
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751664
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37468238
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-123951
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other assigned |
16 April 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, William L. Bice Crew. One combat mission. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 24 April 1944 | POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4349 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database