Robert Dale Fulkerson

Military

Robert Fulkerson was Navigator on board B-17#42-107007. Shot down by fighters on 29 July 1944. Ditched North of Ameland Island, West Friesland, The Netherlands. Prisoner of War (POW).

Interned mostly at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland.

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People

Bernard Victor Baumgarten

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32930626
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

James Dominic Coccia

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12136835 at enlistment, then O-817161
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Harry George Feldkamp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35799789
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William Lang Greiner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13080210 at enlistment, then O-748399
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Frank Madrid

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18122048
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-107007

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: She-Hasta
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

25 September 1942 Denver, Colorado

Other

Prisoner of War

North Sea 29 July 1944 captured on land after having been picked up by a German Marine boat after the ditching of B-17 #42-107007 off Ameland Island, West Friesland, The Netherlands. Interned mostly at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW record : "Returned to Military Control 4 June 1945."

Died

13 April 2006

Born

Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado
Denver, Colorado

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

POW not KIA !...
MACR 7815
NARA WWII Enlistment records

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7815 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7815 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database