Robert J Buchanan
MilitaryDamaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 7/13/44 in B-17 #42-107137, Interned (INT).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 13 July 1944 | Switzerland |
Revisions
Added S/N and Updated the location of the "INT" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7502 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database