Robert G Lawrence

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down at Fuerth on 9/13/44 in B-17 Bombo #4338128'

Robert died November 8 1998

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38128

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bombo
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 13 September 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

490th BG Bombs Away Dec 2000

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8856 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database