Robert Stropp
Military | Colonel | Navigator, Radar, Radar Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
Crashed near Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 #44-8379, Prisoner of War (POW).
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John Ernst
Military
Service
People
Units served with
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100th Bomb Group
Group
"The Bloody Hundredth", so-called because of a reputation for losing a high number aircraft and crews, flew B-17s from Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk. Their losses were not the highest of any Eighth Air Force Group but on several occasions the Group lost many... -
351st Bomb Squadron
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Aircraft
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44-8379
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 29/8/44; Hunter 25/9/44; Grenier 3/10/44; Assigned as PFF 351BS/100BG [EP-J] Thorpe Abbotts 12/10/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Capt John Ernst {Wounded in Action}, Art Jacobson, Lou Chappell, Stewart Gillison {Ex nav},...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Hammond, Oregon, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 3 February 1945 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 31 August 2020 01:41:14 | jmoore43 | Changes to service number |
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Added S/N per MACR 12046 at Fold3.com. Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/46706009 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 August 2020 01:23:30 | jmoore43 | Changes to unit associations |
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Added a connection to the 100th BG per MACR #12046 at Fold3.com. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:15:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 12046 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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