Ross L Repp
Military
Back row from left, Tony Dannucci, Elvin "Irish" Walsh, Ross Repp, Robert Jackson and Earl Painter. Front row from left, Lt. Charles R. Phillips, Lt. Billy Ponder, Lt. George L. DeCote and Lt. Jerome Pope.
From Jim Painter. Son of (Marion) Earl Painter
Object Number - UPL 40548 - the crew of Charles R Phillips Back row from left, Tony Dannucci, Elvin "Irish" Walsh, Ross Repp, Robert Jackson and Earl Painter. Front row from...
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #4237737 'Hell's Belle. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11042769 / O-796462
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tennessee Toddy
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Events
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 10 October 1943 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 941 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
