Robert Elwell Stone

Military

Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30201 'Shedonwanna?', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30201

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shedonwanna
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 4 July 1943 - 6 September 1945 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Revisions

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Added S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added his middle name per MACR 3124 at Fold3.com.

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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MACR 3124 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database