Robert Carver Sears
Military
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UPL 47595
Lt Col Robert C Sears, 453BG
Commanded air division on Berlin raid. Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28676. Prisoner of War (POW). Command Pilot.
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 29 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Baled out POW |
Dümmer, Germany | 29 April 1944 | Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28676. POW. |
Died |
North Carolina | 18 November 2017 | |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA | |||
Based |
Old Buckenham | 29 April 1944 | Assigned to 735BS, 453BG, 8AF. |
Born |
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Other Military education |
West Point, NY | West Point graduate class of 1939. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4494 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database