Robert Nielsen

Military

Shot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30719 'Shatzi. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

His Draft Registration card dated 16 February 1942 at the City of Erie Local Board N° 6 has his last name erroneously as Nielson...

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Units served with

390th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

569th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles Alvin Bolig

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33236651
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Herman E Gruntmeir

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

John Kennard Hurst

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18058861 at enlistment, then O-679307
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Harry E Johnson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Richard H Johnson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-30719

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Shatzi
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 116

Date: 20 October 1943

Places

A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the

Framlingham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Parham

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	15 May 1921	Erie, Pennsylvania
Enlisted	18 September 1942	Erie, Pennsylvania
Other Bailed out	20 October 1943	of B-17 42-30719
Other made prisoner	20 October 1943	between Eerde and 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	20 October 1943	Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland; force-marched from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 21 July 1945."
		Erie, Pennsylvania

Revisions

Date26 Oct 2018 14:02:02

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 1039
WWII Draft Cards
NARA WWI Enlistment records
N ARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:53

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1039 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database