Robert E King
MilitaryAssigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula in C-47 43-15146; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5712
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Survived crash landing POW |
2 miles NNE Picauville, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula in C-47 43-15146; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. POW MACR 5712 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 7 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | Son of Mary L King | |
Based |
Saltby | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. |