Robert Patterson Felgar Jr

Military

POW. Shot down by flak and crashed at Falaise on 8/13/44 in B-17 42-31927.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31927

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas 1 January 1919 Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA

Other

Prisoner of war

13 August 1944

Buried

East Lawn Palms Cemetery and Mortuary 27 September 2004 East Lawn Palms Cemetery and Mortuary 5801 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85712 USA PLOT Block 34

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey
MACR 7905

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Contributorjdfelgar
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The family record for birth, family and public record for death.

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Contributorjdfelgar
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Added serial number from World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 from U.S. Archive AAD.

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Contributorjdfelgar
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Corrected middle E to P for Patterson, added service record number from U.S. National Archives & Records.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7905; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 317