Robert Brandon Currence

Military

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-37734 "Cuddle Cat". Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

336th Bomb Squadron

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

95th Bomb Group

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

People

John Patrick Campbell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12159370
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Ray Ellsworth Davis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35646857
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Marvin Becton Edwards

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-808014
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Harvey Leonard Hankins

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-682857
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

James J Kelleher

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35514655
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner/Assistant Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-37734

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Cuddle Cat
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group outside a Nissen hut briefing room at Horham, August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '"B" Briefing room, 95th Bomb Group (H) Horham, England "Full House" crew.'

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Rock Hill, South Carolina	20 December 1921
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	5 January 1944
Died		14 November 1990
Buried	Wilmington, North Carolina

Revisions

Date13 Jun 2020 10:09:52

ContributorED-BB

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Corrected Service Number

Date13 Jun 2020 10:09:02

ContributorED-BB

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MACR 1686

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:59

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1686 / MACR 1686, son / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database