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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert A. Whitby

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Peckville, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

ENLISTING IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS IN JULY 1941, HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS 2ND LIEUTENANT AERIAL NAVIGATOR, 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE, 457TH BOMB GROUP (H), IN 1943. AS A B-17 NAVIGATOR ON A MISSION OVER GERMANY IN FEBRUARY 1944, HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN AND HE SPENT 15 MONTHS AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG LUFT I, BARTH, GERMANY. RECEIVING THE PURPLE HEART AND OTHER MEDALS, HE WAS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN OCTOBER 1946.