Robert A Hildebrand

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 22 May 1944 in B-17 #4297091 'Dear Mom. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Mentioned as being shot while prisoner of war in US case 12-2337. Perpetrator sentenced at Dachau and hanged at Landsberg, 15 AUG 47.



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97091

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dear Mom
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

22 May 1944

Born

Cold Spring, Kentucky, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 22 May 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorKauko56
Changes
Sources

Review and Recommendation paper 12-2337

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

ABMC; MACR 4956 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4956 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database