Robert Edgar Paine
Military42-30609 "Pistol Packin Mama" (95th BG 335th BS OE-N) lost on mission to Brunswick on 10th Feb 44 with Balman crew (1 KIA 9 POW MACR 2542).
Rear L-R Un, Donald W Goucher [Radio], SSgt John E Sliwka [Ball Turret], Unknown, Unknown, Unknown.
Front L-R Wayne W McIntyre [Pilot], John K Smith[Bombardier], Sidney Balman [CoPilot], Robert E Paine [Nav].
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A09160-E59231AC
Original identification of crew in front row of photo was mislabeled. I believe the names from left to right in the front row were reversed. Wayne W McIntyre is kneeling in the front row on the far left, not the far right. I am a nephew of Lt. McIntyre and I can identify him.
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Wietmarschen, district Bad Bentheim, NE of Nordhorn, Germany on a mission to Brunswick on 10 February 1944 in B-17F 42-30609 "Pistol Packin' Mama". Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17062745 at enlistment, then O-667025
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32383813
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11116989
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pistol Packin' Mama
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
5 January 1922 | Minnesota | |
Enlisted |
11 March 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 10 February 1944 | captured by farmers near Bad Bentheim, 15km SW of Nordhorn, Germany. Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW record :"Returned to Military Control 7 June 1945.” |
Other Honorably discharged |
31 December 1945 | ||
Died |
1 August 1979 | Washington, DC | |
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
MACR 2542
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2542 / MACR 2542, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database