Robert Cinibulk
MilitaryJOHN DEVRIES in incorrect. It is actually Sybrand Richard de Vries. I am his daughter.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30831 'Lazy Baby'. Landed in Switzerland, Interned (INT). Was on cemetery detail of burying the American dead. Also was made part of the underground because he spoke Polish. He was first generation Czechoslovakian.
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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
- Nicknames: Lazy Baby
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 14 October 1943 | |
Born |
Brooklyn, New York |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #115 on 14 Oct 1943 per info in the "Summary biography".
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=5&cat=all&tf…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 913 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database