Lloyd Andrew
Military | Captain | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Flew 32 missions including Azon
DFC; Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster; Battle Stars
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Winfred Robinson Jr
Military
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Winfred (Rob) Robinson
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Crew35 8AF, 458 BG, 753 SQ
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Lloyd Andrew Crew 458th BG - 753rd BS Back Row L to R: George Thompson (B), Lloyd Andrew (P), Robert J. Sencak (CP), John P. Egan (N) Middle Row: James Peteete (FE), Winfred Robinson, Jr. (BTG) Front Row: Glen V. Reily (TTG), James McKenzie (NTG), Ralph W. Sindelar (TG), James H. Musa (RO) McKenzie wasn't on the final mission for this crew. Robinson was nose turret gunner on the last mission and Sindelar was ball turret gunner.
Shot down flak and crashed near Tubbergen, Holland on a mision to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-24H 41-29286. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Service
People
Units served with
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458th Bomb Group
Group
The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged... -
753rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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41-29286
B-24 Liberator
Missions
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8th Air Force 250
6 March 1944
The industrial areas of Berlin and Genshagen, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. A combined force of 730 heavy bombers are despatched from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions. The despatch from 3rd Air Division bombs Targets of Opportunity in...
Associated Place
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Horsham St Faith
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Texas | 12 March 1922 |
| 458th BG Combat Tour | Horsham St. Faith Airfield, Norwich, UK | 25 February 1944 – 6 March 1944 |
| Shot Down/Captured | Tubbergen, The Netherlands | 6 March 1944 |
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Shot down by Flak |
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| Prisoner of War | Zagan, Poland | 12 March 1944 – 1 May 1945 |
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Stalag Luft III |
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| Died | San Antonio, Texas | 3 September 1999 |
| Buried | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas | 6 September 1999 |
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Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery |
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Revisions
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| 28 November 2018 22:48:00 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, role, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=466&sc=11675... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 November 2018 23:10:55 | kkeiser | Changes to nickname, highest rank and media associations |
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Karla Robinson Keiser (daughter) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 December 2015 15:15:57 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events and aircraft associations |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:28:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3346, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 |
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