Robert H Reid

Military

Shot down on 6/25/44, Plane name was 'Powerful Katrina'. They were smuggled out by the resistance and returned to base.



Worked at Robins AFB in civil service after the war.



Air Medal w /Oak Leaf Cluster;

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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

42-107068

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Powerful katrinka
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Shot down / Evaded

25 June 1944

Died

1 April 2005

Born

Rochelle, Georgia

Buried

Rochelle Ga

Revisions

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Added a "Shot down" event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added an association to the A/C #42-107068 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added an association to the 525th BS listed in the A/C #42-107068 description section.

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Added S/N per MACR 6737 at Fold3.com. SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/29100243

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6737; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 288