Robert Edgerton Flanegin

Military

Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna 16-Jul-44; hit by flak over target, crashed Vienna; Prisoner Of War (POW) MACR 6825.



Awards: BS(OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

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

People

Jack Walker Howard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20848493 / O-725730
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6187

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, MI 4 September 1921 Some of Ray E and Edna R Flanegin.

Enlisted

Chanute Field, IL 2 July 1942

Other

Baled out POW

Vienna, Austria 16 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna 16-Jul-44; hit by flak over target, crashed Vienna; Prisoner Of War (POW) MACR 6825.

Other

Prisoner Of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 16 July 1944 Prisoner Of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Santa Maria, CA 22 May 1994

Based

Amendola 16 July 1944 Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, CA Pacific View Memorial Park Corona del Mar, Orange County, CA

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