Robert George Morden
Military
Object Number - UPL 64003 - Sgt Robert G. Morden
Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed on 29-Dec-44 in Luxembourg in B-17 42-107188 'Ramp Rooster'
Awards: AM, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-770985
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ramp Rooster
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron 836th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Needles, California, USA | 21 February 1925 | Born Needles, California |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 29 December 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
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Died |
Bexar County, Texas | 31 December 1989 | Died Bexar County, Texas |
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Buried |
Needles Riverview Cemetery Needles, California | 3 January 1990 | Interred Needles Riverview Cemetery Needles, California |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11348 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
