Second Lieutenant Martin Dobrow served as a B-17 aircraft Navigator with the 547th Bombardment Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force during World War II.
On 27 December 1944, his B-17G Flying Fortress #42-107083 was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire on a bombing mission to Altenar, and crashed at Prüm, Germany.
2LT Dobrow and six of his crewmates were Killed in Action. Two were captured, becoming Prisoners of War until being liberated in May 1945. Missing Air Crew Report #11248.
Crew KIA:
2LT Elmer C Nelson, Pilot
2LT William Paul Horan, Co-pilot
TSGT Edmund C Zaleski, Top Turret Gunner
SSGT Derald W Melton, Nose Gunner
SSGT Thomas E Raught, Ball Turret Gunner
SSGT Kenneth O Rohr, Waist Gunner
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Service ID: O-719899.
Second Lieutenant Martin Dobrow served as a B-17 aircraft Navigator with the 547th Bombardment Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force during World War II.
On 27 December 1944, his B-17G Flying Fortress #42-107083 was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire on a bombing mission to Altenar, and crashed at Prüm, Germany.
2LT Dobrow and six of his crewmates were Killed in Action. Two were captured, becoming Prisoners of War until being liberated in May 1945. Missing Air Crew Report #11248.
Crew KIA:
2LT Elmer C Nelson, Pilot
2LT William Paul Horan, Co-pilot
TSGT Edmund C Zaleski, Top Turret Gunner
SSGT Derald W Melton, Nose Gunner
SSGT Thomas E Raught, Ball Turret Gunner
SSGT Kenneth O Rohr, Waist Gunner
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Service ID: O-719899.
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2LT, 547 AAF BOMB SQ, 384 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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