Robert T Matthews
Military
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UPL 16443
Robert T Matthews tail gunner of B-17G 42-107088
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Shot down on 6/19/44 in B-17 #42107088 Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
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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
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
East St Louis, Illinois, USA | 28 September 1923 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 19 June 1944 |
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Sources
Information acquired from: http://www.rennerfh.com/pages/belleville-location/index.aspx?news=3275 and 381st.org photo acquired from personal album.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5994 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database