Robert Bernard Hermann
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Flew on John L. Ryan crew. From Sept 1942 until 6 March 1943. Shot down 6 March 1943 over Lorient, France in B-17 42-5130 'Sweet Pea', 306BG/367BS while serving as Navigator Baled out and taken Prisoner of War (POW). Had flown 12 1/2 missions. His travels after immediate capture near Quimper was to Dulag Luft Frankfurt, Offlag XXI-B Schubin, Poland; and finally at Stalag Luft III North and South Compounds. Then to Stalag VII-A Moosberg. On 29 April 1945 he was liberated by Americans. He left camp on 06 May 1945 to head back to England for a time before being shipped back to the States on 1-Jun-1945.
Mission List: Lille, Brest, Lille, St Nazaire, St Nazaire, La Pallice, Lorient, Rouen, Romilly-sur-Seine, Wilhelmshaven, Hamm, Brest, Lorient.
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak leaf Clusters, Purple Heart with one with Oak Leaf Cluster, American Campaign with one Bronze Service Star, Prisoner of War medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign with one Bronze Service Star, American Defense medal, World War II Victory.
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- Date: 12 December 1942
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- Date: 22 November 1942
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- Date: 18 November 1942
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- Date: 14 November 1942
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- Date: 9 November 1942
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
25 December 1918 | BornChillicothe, Ohio | |
Enlisted |
Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio | 6 December 1941 | EnlistedFort Hayes Columbus Ohio |
Other Training |
Ellington Field Texas | 11 December 1941 | Basic training at Ellington Field Texas |
Other Training |
Kelly Field, Texas | 7 February 1942 | Navigation School, Kelly Field, Texas |
Based |
Wendover Air Field Utah | 9 June 1942 | Assigned to 306th Bomb group at Wendover Air Field Utah |
Based |
Westover Air Field Massachusetts | 6 August 1942 | Transferred to Westover Air Field Massachusetts |
Other Departed ZI |
Thurleigh | 5 September 1942 - 8 September 1942 | Flew overseas to Thurleigh England, |
Other Promoted |
Thurleigh, UK | 31 December 1942 | Promoted to 1st Lt |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan Poland | 6 March 1943 - 1 June 1945 | Initially Oflag XXIb, SzubinLater Stalag Luft III, Zagan PolandFinally Stalag VIIa, Moosburg |
Other Commissioned |
23 May 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lt | |
Other Returned ZI |
New York Port | 16 July 1945 | Returned to USA |
Other Promoted |
USA | 8 October 1945 | Promoted to Captain |
Other Discharged |
Danville Kentucky. | 20 December 1945 | Discharged Danville Kentucky |
Died |
22 July 1990 | DiedElgin Illinois | |
Buried |
25 July 1990 | InterredArlington National CemeteryArlington, Arlington County, Virginia |
Revisions
From the history of Capt. Robert B Hermann by son Robert A Hermann using his war records
Lee Cunningham 29-Jul-2015. Added crew position to Summary Bigraphy per MACR 15558.
Lee Cunningham 28-Jun-2015. Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database. The aircraft los was documented on MACR 939 and his name is recorded there as Herman (one "n"), but since this entry has been worked by others pretty well, I did not change the spelling.
Son -From a letter dad wrote (missing 2 missions 11-22-42 Lorient, 12-24-42 Romilly-Sur-Seine
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15568/son, Robert