Robert Frank Eaglehouse
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed at Bitburg on 8/15/44 in B-17 #42-102432, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tiny Angel
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA | 22 April 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA | 19 April 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 15 August 1944 - 9 June 1945 | |
Died |
Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA | 30 April 2009 |
Revisions
POW Medal https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/353109
Purple Heart https://www.thepurpleheart.com/roll-of-honor/profile/default?rID=b5abb8…
Crash Report 15/08/1944 http://aircrewremembered.com/cook-harry.html?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=9066de…
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8438 / MACR 8438, Roster / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database