Robert A Cammer
Military
Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank E. Speer.
Object Number - UPL 14152 - Left to right: 2nd Lt. Herman S. Rasmussen, 1st Lt. Robert A. Cammer and Lt. Robert C. Buchholz.
1st Lt Robert A Cammer of the 335th Fighter Squadron, became a POW when he was shot down by flak while strafing the Achmer aerodrome in P-51D 44-14361 on 21-Mar-45. MACR 13947.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Fiesty Sue
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Harris County, TX, USA | 29 October 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX, USA | 28 October 1942 | |
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Based |
Debden | 14 November 1944 - 21 March 1945 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 21 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
21 March 1945 | Shot down by flak while strafing the Achmer aerodrome in P-51D 44-14361 on 21-Mar-45. POW. MACR 13947. | |
| Houston, TX, USA |
Revisions
Combined entry with duplicate.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13947
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