Robert L Cummins
MilitaryTail Gunner, Owen Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29976 "Sad Sack". Mission #12 to the Focke-Wulf factory at Hamburg. MACR 128. Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.
Paducah, KY
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36057922
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734504
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39185046
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38178252
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oglesby, IL | 11 December 1923 | |
Enlisted Prisoner of War |
Indiana | 11 September 1942 - 25 July 1943 | Fort Benjamin Harrison |
Other Prisoner of War |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 25 July 1943 | Stalag XVIIB |
Based |
Ridgewell | 25 July 1943 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 128 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database