Robert Brookings Bangs
Military
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Robert Bangs (via Candy Brown, daughter of BTG John Kyler)
Candy Brown, daughter of BTG John Kyler
Shot down by fighters and flak on return from mission to Frankfurt on 4 February 1944 in B-17F #42-30423. 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: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32363852
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13070999 at enlistment, then O-735248
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39307023
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13096872
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17064330 at enlistment, then O-747079
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | 14 September 1918 | |
Enlisted |
29 April 1941 | Chicago, Illinois | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 4 February 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Returned to Military Control on 25 May 1945. |
Died |
12 September 1968 | Key West, Florida | |
Chicago, Illinois | |||
Buried |
Robert Bangs rests at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Geneva, Illinois |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 2237
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
Deitails from Candy Brown, daughter of Ball Turret Gunner John Kyler
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2237 / MACR 2237, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database