Robert L Weniger Jr

Military
media-30864.jpeg UPL 30864 Lt R. Weniger, Jr. Photo credited to "Might Men of the 381st: Heroes All" by Dr. James Good Brown

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Object Number - UPL 30864 - Lt R. Weniger, Jr. Photo credited to "Might Men of the 381st: Heroes All" by Dr. James Good Brown

Tail gunner/Observer, Cormany crew. Member of the Manchester crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30684. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I. The 381st BG was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for this mission. Lt Weniger was riding as observer due to Major Ingenhutt (Squadron Commander, 535th BS) flying as co-pilot.

Sequin, TX

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734640
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736477
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32160787
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-670110
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-401170
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sequin, Texas 17 August 1917

Other

Prisoner of War

8 October 1943 Stalag Luft I

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 885 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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