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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Billy D Lincoln

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Earl H Rivers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Harold W Schuyler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

George Maclennan Sennatt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20651464 at enlistment, then O-670271
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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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

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

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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