Robert Floyd Stott

Military

On mission to Villacoublay, FR on 5 Feb 1944, B-17F #42-3501 'Kasch's Kids' turned back due to mechanical problems. Crew baled out and a/c crashed Dymchurch, Kent. RTD. While taxiing for take off in B-17G #42-31567 on 6 Mar 1944, the brakes failed and the a/c ran into a parked truck. RTD. Shot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-30847 'Pegasus' crashed SE of Vechta, Gr. Prisoner of War (POW). Was in Stalag Luft IV, VI and Buchenwald he also went on the 86 mile Black March across Germany. He flew a total of 15 missions



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30847

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pegasus
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

42-31567

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
The insignia of the 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.

42-3501

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kasch's Kids
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Places

Buchenwald

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 March 2002

Born

New Baltimore, New York, USA

Buried

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 March 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

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Added middle name per MACR #3423 (Fold3.com).
See: https://www.fold3.com/image/28642682

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Added a connection to Stalag Luft IV per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added a connection to A/C #42-3501 & 42-31567 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3423 / MACR 3423, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Heath pg 90, 108 & 117 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database