Robert L McCalicher

Military

Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42-100100 'Double Trouble', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-100100

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Double Trouble
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Austria 29 April 1944 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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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).
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one dup person can be deleted.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "Mc" from the middle name field to the surname field.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 4444 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database