Robert E McBreen

Military

Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-37883, Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37883

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 20 December 1943 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Born

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 1729

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 1729 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database