Robert M Trapnell

Military
media-34497.png UPL 34497 German soldier approaching aircraft soon after crash March 2. 1944 B17G 42-39891

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Object Number - UPL 34497 - German soldier approaching aircraft soon after crash March 2. 1944 B17G 42-39891

Shot down by fighters and crashed N of Arlon, Belgium returning from the target of Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39891. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39891

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Landcaster, Pennsylvania

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2738, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx

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