Robert Joseph Berg
MilitaryRWG, Mohnacky crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down by fighters on mission #61 to the industrial areas of Frankfurt, Germany on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-38045. MACR 2242. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft IV.
Chicago, IL
KU report document mistakenly placed in MACR 2241 on page #32.
This was the first 800+ bomber mission of the 8th Air Force.
POW
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36440891
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803249
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19049182
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753040
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | 22 November 1921 | |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
7 December 1943 - 29 January 1944 | ||
Other Prisoner of War |
Germany | 29 January 1944 | Stalag Luft IV |
Died |
22 January 1996 |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 2242, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2242 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database