Robert W Tredinnick
MilitaryImage stamped on reverse: ‘Planet News.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for publication 15 Aug 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘278783.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse 'Photo shows: Lieut. John.G. Winant, Jnr. Leaving his Flying Fortress, at his station somewhere in England, after returning from a sortie over enemy territory G. Aug 1943 PN.' Roger Freeman Collection
Have looked closely at FRE 1569 and FRE 1570 and the leather name patch definitely reads 'Navigator'.
Robert Tredinnick served as a navigator with the 390th Bomb Group. He was part of crew number 12. On 10 October 1943, he was flying in B-17 #42-30262 'Tech Supply' when it was shot down. He bailed out, was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW) and held at Stalag Luft III.
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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
- Nicknames: Tech Supply
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 390th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron 568th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New Jersey, USA | 9 September 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Newark, NJ, USA | 15 April 1941 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 10 October 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Died |
Manchester Township, NJ, USA | 11 March 1994 | |
Other Lived in |
Essex County, NJ, USA |
Revisions
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=rob…
Social Security Death Index: https://www.fold3.com/page/13704832_robert_w%20tredinnick/stories/
Have looked closely at FRE 1569 and FRE 1570 and the leather name patch definitely reads 'Navigator'.
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Tredinick%2C+Robert+W
See also:
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=122148
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 862 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database