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2Lt Robert Charles H. Prolow

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2Lt Robert Charles H. Prolow Veteran

Birth
Iowa, USA
Death
29 Nov 1943 (aged 21)
At Sea
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot
C-5-71
Memorial ID
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385 BG / 548 BS
2LT PROLOW, ROBERT C. From Spring Grove, Minnesota. KIA 29-11-1943 as bombardier of B-17F / #42-37874 'Who Dat Ding Bat' / MACR 1532. Target: Bremen, Germany. Aircraft left the formation over Texel Island, the Netherlands. Ditched in the North Sea. On 16-12-1943 Lt Prolow and S/Sgt Congdon were found in a dinghy on Whitstable Beach, Kent, UK 8 MIA / 2KIA.
385 BG / 548 BS
2LT PROLOW, ROBERT C. From Spring Grove, Minnesota. KIA 29-11-1943 as bombardier of B-17F / #42-37874 'Who Dat Ding Bat' / MACR 1532. Target: Bremen, Germany. Aircraft left the formation over Texel Island, the Netherlands. Ditched in the North Sea. On 16-12-1943 Lt Prolow and S/Sgt Congdon were found in a dinghy on Whitstable Beach, Kent, UK 8 MIA / 2KIA.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Minnesota.



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