Robert C Pingel
Military
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UPL 36667
Sgt Abelardo L Rodriguez, Radio Operator/Gunner on B17 42-31696 381st Bomb Group, crashed on February 22ns 1944 at Sandebeck, 25 miles SE of Bielefeld, Germany
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Crippled by fighters the crew baled out and B-17G #42-31696 crashed near Bielefeld, GR on 22 Feb 1944 on a mission to Oscherleben, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Logansport, Indiana, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 22 February 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2932 / MACR 2932, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database