Robert F Burns
Military
Object Number - UPL 29583 - Lt. Robert F Burns, Dearborn MI, 505th Fighter Squadron. Assigned a/c currently unknown. Lt Burns became a POW on 4 August 1944 in Capt. Farmer’s...
Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Ulzen mid air collision with P-51 crashed near Ulzen on 4-Aug-44 in P-51D 44-13987 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7515.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
1800 Truemper Rd, Lackland AFB, TX 78236, USA | 10 January 1943 | San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center Texas |
|
Other Shot down / baled out |
29525 Uelzen, Germany | 4 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) crashed near Ulzen on 4-Aug-44 in P-51D 44-13987 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7515. |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 4 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
| Dearborn, MI, USA | |||
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Born |
Wayne County, MI, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7515 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
