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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert W. Whitney

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fleischmanns, New York

Honored By

Joan Morrison Payne

Relationship

Niece

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED DECEMBER 15, 1941. SERVED IN 598TH BOMB SQUADRON, 397TH BOMB GROUP AS A BOMBARDIER. ON DECEMBER 23, 1944, PARACHUTED FROM HIS RIDDLED B-26 NAMED 'THE FWIGHTENED WABBIT' ON HIS 56TH COMBAT MISSION OVER SEFFERN, GERMANY. WAS CAPTURED AND HELD PRISONER IN STALAG LUFT 1 UNTIL MAY, 1945.