Gilbert C Dobrinski

Military

Shot down 16 March 1944 in B-17 #4231546 'Old Sarge. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31546

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Old Sarge
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Milwankee, Wisconsin, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 16 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3227 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database