Robert B Hilborn

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media-14157.jpeg UPL 14157 2nd Lt Robert B Hilborn, 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 8th AF.

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Object Number - UPL 14157 - 2nd Lt Robert B Hilborn, 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 8th AF.

Shot down on photo recon mission to Stuttgart by Lt Alfred Schreiber (EKdo 262) in Me262A-1a, WerkNr. 110372, white 3 over Lechfeld at 14:40, pilot 2nd Lt Robert B Hilborn bailed and captured 18:00 became POW. 5th Sept 44. MACR 8667 / Luftwaffe Casualty No. J 2030



2nd Lt. Hilborn spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Pomerania.

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Units served with

Aircraft

PL782

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

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Events

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Born

7 May 1923 1923-05-07

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Shot down

Lechfeld, Germany 5 September 1944 Shot down on photo recon mission to Stuttgart by Lt Alfred Schreiber (EKdo 262) in Me262A-1a, WerkNr. 110372, white 3 over Lechfeld at 14:40, pilot 2nd Lt Robert B Hilborn bailed and captured 18:00 became POW. 5th Sept 44. MACR 8667 / Luftwaffe Casualty No. J 2030

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Prisoner Of War POW

Barth, Germany 5 September 1944 2nd Lt. Hilborn spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Pomerania.

Died

14 October 1985

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AAM Database.

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AAM Database.

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7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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