William Robert Roberts
MilitaryCo-pilot, 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. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and VIIA.
Farwell, TX
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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
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 Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Farwell, TX 79325, USA | 13 March 1921 | |
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Based |
Ridgewell | 7 June 1943 - 22 June 1943 | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Moosburg, Germany | 3 February 1945 - 29 April 1945 | Stalag Luft VIIA |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Zagan, Poland | 27 January 1945 | Stalag Luft III |
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Died |
Revisions
All sources entered by ARowe95 are from:
381stBGMA/532nd BS War Diary/242nd Medical Detachment War Diary/Fold.3/They Came From Over the Pond - David Osborne/The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown/MACR #134/Behind the Wire - Ewell McCright
All sources entered by ARowe95 are from:
381stBGMA/532nd BS War Diary/242nd Medical Detachment War Diary/Fold.3/They Came From Over the Pond - David Osborne/The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown/MACR #134/Behind the Wire - Ewell McCright
All sources entered by ARowe95 are from:
381stBGMA/532nd BS War Diary/242nd Medical Detachment War Diary/Fold.3/They Came From Over the Pond - David Osborne/The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown/MACR #134/Behind the Wire - Ewell McCright
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 134 / 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