Robert Edward Mandell
MilitaryRadio operator, Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17#42-30016 'Iron Gut Gert'. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. First 381st BG mission. Member of the 533rd BS, flew as a spare for this mission. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.
Toledo, OH
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18110019
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36057714
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738839
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37268722
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31150534
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iron Gut Gert
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Toledo, OH, USA | 28 December 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Lacarne, OH | 23 March 1942 | Camp Perry |
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Based |
Ridgewell | 30 May 1943 - 22 June 1943 | |
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Died |
Flint, MI, USA | 2 December 1979 | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Krems, Austria | XVIIB | |
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Buried |
Ottawa Hills, OH, USA | Ottawa Hills Memorial Park |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
532nd BS War Diary
533rd BS War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 134
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave.com
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Might Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 134 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database