Robert Lee Salley Sr

Military

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz 30-Nov-44 in B-17 42-107014 'Lucy'; Shot down by flak Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11057



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19102623 / O-757277
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucy
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 30 November 1944

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City, MO 12 August 1922 Son of Edgar Lee Salley.

Enlisted

Fort Leavenworth, KS 28 September 1942 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Other

Baled out POW

Zietz, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz 30-Nov-44 in B-17 42-107014 'Lucy'; Shot down by flak POW MACR 11057

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 30 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Discharged USAAF

17 October 1945 Honorable discharge.

Died

Deepwater, MO 9 January 2002

Buried

Mount Washington Cemetery Independence, Jackson County, MO 12 January 2002 Mount Washington Cemetery Independence, Jackson County, MO

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Kimbolton 30 November 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11057 / MACR 11057; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 326 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database