Robert W Simcock Jr
MilitaryShot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17D 43-38012 while serving as Navigator. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed at Witzenhausen, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 16 August 1944 - 21 June 1945 | Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 21-Jun-45. |
Born |
Burlingame, California |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag 7A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 8180 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 17-Dec-2014. Added SN per MACR 8180, Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII Database; made connections to Decoration, Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; crafted biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & john A Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8180