Albert Dobsa
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Shot down 17 April 1943 in B-17 #425337 'Short Snorter III. ' Target was Bremen, but a/c was attacked by fighters and flak. Plane ditched in North Sea. 2 survivors were picked up 11 miles north-west of the German island of Norderney. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 1.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11033296
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13052284
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Captured |
Norderney, Germany | 17 April 1943 | After Dobsa's aircraft ditched into the North Sea, he was picked up 11 miles north-west of the German island of Norderney. |
Born |
New York State |
Revisions
Associated Dobsa to Bassingbourn where the 91st Bomb Group were based in the UK.
Associated FRE 3563 to Dobsa.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16090, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 p. 105 by Bishop and Hey, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingborn p. 38 by Havelaar, NARA