Robert Wideman Jr

Military
media-29919.jpeg UPL 29919 Front row L-R 2LT John H Oates, Pilot. 2LT John F Mosher, co-Pilot. 2LT Robert Wideman, Navigator. 2LT William Follis, Bombardier.
Back Row L-R Sgt Warren H Lamon, Engineer. Sgt Lee L Garrigues, Tail Gunner. Sgt John K Jones, Radio Operator. Sgt Julian M Duggan, Waist Gunner. Sgt Hector L Tirado, Ball Gunner. Sgt Kenneth C Parsons **
863rd Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group, Debach. **Sgt Kenneth Parsons left the crew on arrival at Debach.
Photo taken prior to the crew departure from the US

added full crew names

493rd BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 29919 - Front row L-R 2LT John H Oates, Pilot. 2LT John F Mosher, co-Pilot. 2LT Robert Wideman, Navigator. 2LT William Follis, Bombardier. Back...

Shot down 12 September 1944 in B-17 #446277. Prisoner of War (POW). Held in Stalag Luft I.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-6277

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 12 September 1944

Born

Chicago, Illinois

Other

Entered service from

Illinois, USA Exact date not yet known

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=23854

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8862, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php

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Object number: UPL 29919 - Front row L-R 2LT John H Oates, Pilot. 2LT John F...