Robert L Kelley
MilitaryFrankfurt, Germany mission 8 Feb 1944 A/C was hit by enemy fighters and the stabilizer was shot off and it went into a slow spiral. It hit the ground and exploded and 5 chutes were seen. Prisoner of War (POW)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: SpitzFire
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of war |
8 February 1944 | Shot down by fighters and crashed near Compiegne, France on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-29633. | |
Born |
Muskegan, Michigan |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2869
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1943-45; p. 81.; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 297