Robert B Whitcomb

Military

Crashed on 10 Jan 45 in B-17 #43-37620, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37620

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweet Lorraine
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 January 1945 POW Camp: Stalag 3A and work camps (Also Oflag 3-6) Luckenwalde (was originally interrogation center) Brandenburg, Prussia 52-13

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag 3A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11745 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database