Robert Ridgeway Case
Military
Photo from the page at the WWII Registry : http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1369674
Removed associations not depicted in photo
Object Number - UPL 17260 - Robert Ridgeway CASE. Photo from the page at the WWII Registry : http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1369674
Shot down by fighters on 11 January 1944 in B-17 #42-3057 'Blonde Bomber. Robert Case was hit over much of his body by flying pieces of aluminum and flak as well as shards of Plexiglas that were driven into his face. One piece of metal grazed his left arm at the level of his heart. Lt Case was more mad than scared and continued firing despite the pain from the wounds and soon the floor of the nose compartment was deep in spent shell casings. He bailed out and was made a Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33422227
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39226242 and O-751172
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18162955
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19093175 and O-745928
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6227096
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Picadilly Commando, Blonde Bomber
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Arkansas, United States | 5 December 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois, United States | 5 January 1943 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 11 January 1944 | interned at Stalag Luft 1, South Compound, Barrack 8, Room 2, later to North 2 Compound, Barth, Germany - NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 12 06 1945” |
|
Died |
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, United States | 23 April 2012 | |
| Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois, United States | |||
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Buried |
Cedar Vale Cemetery, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, United States |
Revisions
MACR 1918
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
“Mary Ruth” Memories of Mobile... We Still Remember, by Lowell L. Getz
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
