Robert F Kiel

Military
media-55890.png UPL 55890 Robert F Kiel - when he was an air cadet.

Pamela Kiel, daughter

Object Number - UPL 55890 - Robert F Kiel - when he was an air cadet.

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Meppen, Germany, on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-37960. Three of the crew were killed in the attack and the rest baled out before the crash. Prisoner of War.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37960

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Delta girl
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

10 February 1944

Born

Ridgefield, New Jersey

Revisions

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ContributorDouglas P
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NARA

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2539, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Object number: UPL 55890 - Robert F Kiel - when he was an air cadet.