Robert Richard Thornton
MilitaryAssigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596.
Awards: SS, DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0661892
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Houston, TX | 12 July 1918 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 1 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Crash landed |
Arras, France | 1 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596. |
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Died |
Galveston, TX | 26 December 1986 | |
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Buried |
Houston National Cemetery Houston, Harris County, TX | 29 December 1986 | Houston National Cemetery Houston, Harris County, TX |
| Rock County, WI, USA | |||
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Based |
Hethel | 1 April 1944 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |