Robert Allen Mabie

Military

Shot down 14 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30243 'Good Time Cholly II'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nip N Tuck, Good Time Cholly II
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

18 September 1922 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, the son of Floyd James Mabie and Esther Louise (Cheesbro) Mabie

Enlisted

21 January 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

14 July 1943 Interned at Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow (Tychowo). NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 19 May 1945."

Died

3 December 1989 Olmsted County, Minnesota
Rock County, Wisconsin

Revisions

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MACR 115
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
SSDI

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 115 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database