Robert Nielsen
MilitaryShot 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
- 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: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33236651
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shatzi
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | 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
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 1039
WWII Draft Cards
NARA WWI Enlistment records
N ARA WWII POW records
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