Robert W Beers

Military

Shot down by flak and fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31193 'Little Boots. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31193

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Boots
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorByrnie
Changes
Sources

Adding squadron.

Date
ContributorByrnie
Changes
Sources

Capt. Beers was the AC for Little Boots.

Date
ContributorByrnie
Changes
Sources

Transferring the bio info. from William R. Beers record, which should be deleted.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=287