Robert William Metlen

Military
media-41074.jpeg UPL 41074 Robert W Metlen. Graduated from Army Air Services Technical School as a Radio Operator and Mechanic. Scott, IL Army Air Force Base. 1943.

Corrected diploma year. Not 1944, as Metlen was shot down in December 1943.

Object Number - UPL 41074 - Robert W Metlen. Graduated from Army Air Services Technical School as a Radio Operator and Mechanic. Scott, IL Army Air Force Base. 1943.

Shot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III', a B-17 borrowed from the 413th BS. The underground passed him from Belgium through France to Spain. He was back in England by 18 December 1943. Helped by the Belgian evasion network "Comete".

See his page at www.evasioncomete.be >>> Fiches.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35430340
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17062836 and O-678500
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner / Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13061919 and O-797521
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11066504
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shack Rabbit III
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Townsend, Montana 6 August 1922

Enlisted

Pocatello, Idaho, United States 22 October 1942

Died

Ontario, Oregon, United States 30 October 2007
Pocatello, Idaho, United States

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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National Archives records and personal write-up of Bob Metlen.

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Merged with duplicate records to include information from :
Snetterton Falcons pg 76;
MACR 1017 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
MACR 1017 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 1017
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 274

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1017, AFEES; Snetterton Falcons pg 60

Robert William Metlen: Gallery (7 items)