Robert Orville Comstock

Military

Assigned to 376FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Took off late and did not make contact with formation. Failed to Return (FTR) area patrol to St Lo, went down in vicinity of Caen, France 25-July-44 in P-51D 44-1356. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 6831.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-13566

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Arlington County, Arlington, VA, USA 18 February 1941

Enlisted

Washington, DC, USA 23 June 1942

Other

Shot down

14000 Caen, France 25 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) area patrol to St Lo, went down in vicinity of Caen, France 25-July-44 in P-51D 44-1356. POW. MACR 6831.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 25 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Leesburg, VA, USA 27 June 1986
Falls Church, VA, USA

Based

Bottisham 25 July 1944 Assigned to 376FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

323 N King St, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA Union Cemetery Leesburg, Loudoun County, VA

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/29101925
https://www.fold3.com/page/83781835-robert-o-comstock/facts
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=44-13566&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/record/21941146-robert-comstock
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50979953/robert-o.-comstock

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6831 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list