Robert Hugh Flanagan Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest 30-Jul-44; flak, crashed Sziget Szent; Prisoner of War(POW) MACR 7105.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745737
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
12 July 1922 | Son of Robert Hugh Snr and Helen Estelle [Crutchfield] Flanagan. | |
Enlisted |
10 November 1942 | ||
Other Baled out POW |
30 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest 30-Jul-44; flak, crashed Sziget Szent; POW MACR 7105. | |
Other Prisoner of War(POW) |
30 July 1944 | Prisoner of War(POW). Stalag Luft I. | |
Died |
18 January 1988 | ||
Buried |
23 February 1988 | Grace Episcopal Cemetery Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna County, VA | |
Based |
30 July 1944 | Assigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |