Robert Philip Trowbridge
MilitaryAssigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12461.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dollar 98
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, NY | 12 January 1923 | Son of Harry Phillip and Alma M Trowbridge. |
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Enlisted |
Rochester, NY | 24 November 1942 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
21 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 POW MACR 12461. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 21 February 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Waynesboro, GA | 13 October 1973 | |
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Buried |
Magnolia Cemetery, Waynesboro, GA | 18 October 1973 | Magnolia Cemetery Waynesboro, Burke County, GA |
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Based |
Amendola | 21 February 1945 | Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |