Robert S Weston

Military
media-49209.jpeg UPL 49209 Memorial stone near Fischerhude, Germany, commemorating the death of seven members of the crew of B-17 Flying Fortress serial number 42-29959 on 8 October 1943.

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Object Number - UPL 49209 - Memorial stone near Fischerhude, Germany, commemorating the death of seven members of the crew of B-17 Flying Fortress serial number 42-29959 on 8...

Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #4229959. Prisoner of War (POW). Earlier 28 July flew Kassel raid. Lost control cables on B17 42-29974 by flak damage. Crash landed returning crew with 4 crew members wounded.



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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Died

23 October 1985

Born

Warwick Neck, Rhode Island

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 867, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 204

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