Robert Frank Eaglehouse

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed at Bitburg on 8/15/44 in B-17 #42-102432, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102432

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tiny Angel
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA 22 April 1923

Enlisted

Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA 19 April 1943

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 15 August 1944 - 9 June 1945

Died

Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA 30 April 2009

Revisions

Date
ContributorTrey E. N.
Changes
Sources

Orbituary: https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/19292926/ROBERT-F-EAGLEHOUSE/…
Enlistment: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Rob…
P.O.W.: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

Date
ContributorTrey E. N.
Changes
Sources

POW Medal https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/353109
Purple Heart https://www.thepurpleheart.com/roll-of-honor/profile/default?rID=b5abb8…
Crash Report 15/08/1944 http://aircrewremembered.com/cook-harry.html?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=9066de…

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8438 / MACR 8438, Roster / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database