Robert R Sandford

Military

Shot down 13 April 1945 in B-17 #44-8636, Prisoner of War (POW). Bombs from one of our planes in the formation exploded in mid-air after release and damaged this aircraft.



POW



Fifty seven years later - at the age of 83 - Sanford repeated his parachute jump north of his home town Dallas; this time with his family as audience and a tandem instructor.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8636

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dallas, Texas

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 13 April 1945

Revisions

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Flak News January 2003

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13907 / MACR 13907, mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Leonard Streitfeld p.175 and 398th BG web site. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database