Robert A Whitby
MilitaryShot down by fighters on a mission to Gutersloh, GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-31596. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 21 February 1944 |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
1993 457th BGA Roster; MACR 3004, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3004 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database