Roberto Salazar
MilitaryAssigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Perkinson crew. 2nd combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Aschersleben in B-24 42-95008; Shot down by fighters and crashed near Papenburg on 29-Jun-44, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7086.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16009951 / O-743444
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Able Mabel
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Juarez, Mexico | 9 July 1923 | Son of Hortensia and Rosa M Salazar. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX | 28 December 1942 | Fort Bliss, el Paso Texas |
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Other Baled out POW |
Papenburg, Germany | 29 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Aschersleben in B-24 42-95008; Shot down by fighters and crashed near Papenburg on 29-Jun-44 POW MACR 7086 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 26 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
27 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
El Paso, TX | 14 June 2007 | |
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Buried |
Fort Bliss National Cemetery El Paso, TX | 18 June 2007 | Fort Bliss National Cemetery El Paso, Texas |
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Based |
Horsham St Faith | 29 June 1944 | Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7086 & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010