Robinette, Mack (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name Robinette, Mack (NMI)   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant
Serial Number O-929901   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #34 dated 11 February 1945, effective 11 February 1945.
Duty Co-pilot
MOS1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date 23 March 1945
Results Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database.
Additional Information
  • Robinette was captured by German soldiers and, while being transported to a POW camp, escaped from his captors in Hengelo, The Netherlands (per account of his pilot, John Connor). However, no records of either his POW camp assignment or evasion status has been found in the National Archives.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 13611⇓ (7.970 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Connor, John Michael⇗PilotPOW
2nd Lt. Robinette, Mack (NMI)Co-pilotPOW
2nd Lt. Bellavance, Paul Joseph, Jr⇗NavigatorPOW
CPL. Hollenbeck, Claude (NMI), "HOLLIE"⇗TogglierPOW
CPL. Fulton, Max Johns⇗Radio Operator / GunnerKIA
CPL. Earl, Willard George⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerPOW
CPL. Mendias, Ferdinand J⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
PVT. Ainsworth, Donald James⇗Tail GunnerWIA
CPL. Burke, Hal Eugene⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 15 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
274⇗ 25 February 1945 Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑38747⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
275⇗ 26 February 1945 Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑39060⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Bungay Airfield, AAF Station 125, due to low fuel.
Sortie Report⇗
276⇗ 27 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑97510⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron hot camera ship.
Sortie Report⇗
277⇗ 28 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hagen, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑39019⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
279⇗ 2 March 1945 Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Rositz, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑97510⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
280⇗ 3 March 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑102620⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
High Squadron flying spare. Turned back with mechanical problem after jettisoning bombs into the North Sea.
Sortie Report⇗
281⇗ 4 March 1945 Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ulm, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑38588⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
282⇗ 7 March 1945 Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bochum, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑38548⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
287⇗ 12 March 1945 Target: Railway Center
Type: Transportation
Location: Betzdorf, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑39060⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
288⇗ 14 March 1945 Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River
Type: Transportation
Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑38747⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
289⇗ 15 March 1945 Target: Army HQ
Type: Military
Location: Zossen, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑38747⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
291⇗ 18 March 1945 Target: Schlesischer Railway Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑39053⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron hot camera ship.
Sortie Report⇗
292⇗ 19 March 1945 Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑38548⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41C Group.
Sortie Report⇗
293⇗ 20 March 1945 Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑38747⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
294⇗ 22 March 1945 Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E
Type: Military
Location: Westerholt, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑38766⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron hot camera ship.
Sortie Report⇗
295⇗ 23 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gladbeck, Germany 		Co-pilot 43‑39053⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Left formation at target on fire after aircraft received direct flak burst, setting #4 on fire and #2 started smoking; the aircraft lost 8-10,000ft in a spin, then exploded in mid-air; two to four chutes observed; crashed near Duisburg, Germany. MACR 13611
Sortie Report⇗

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