Robert K Creed
MilitaryAfter falling out of formation and then being attacked by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31488 'Shade Ruff' crashed SE of meppen, GR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). at Stalag Luft 1 'Barth' for over 1 year.
POW, Purple Heart; ETO w/bronze star/Expert Marksman
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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: Shade Ruff
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Jamaica, New York | 14 September 1919 | |
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Other Bailed Out/Captured |
Teglingen Sluice, Germany | 8 March 1944 | |
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Other POW |
Barth, Germany | 15 March 1944 | Stalag Luft I (dates are approximate) |
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Died |
Ocala, Florida | 24 December 2002 | |
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Buried |
Florida National Cemetery | 28 December 2002 | Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, USA Add to Map Plot Sec 1B ROW 1B, Site 3 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2911 wife, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2623