Robert W Hartshorn

Military

Landing gear inadvertantly retracted while taxiing for take off on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30643 'Green Mountain Rambler'. RTD. Shot down by flak and crashed near Heilbronn, GR on a mission to Schweinfurt on 24 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31308. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30643

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Mountain Rambler
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

42-31308

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Norwood, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 February 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2766 / MACR 2766, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database