David V Robb Jr
MilitaryForced to make an emergency landing due to mechanical/engine failure near Halweg, Holland on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-37796. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fletcher’s Castoria III
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 22 September 1918 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 21 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Died |
15 August 2004 |
Revisions
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added the words "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an admin can check out this person.
Added a connection to A/C #42-37796 mentioned in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2761, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces