Robert Arthur Newman
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 54099 - 2nd Lt Robert A. Newman, 353FG.
Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by light Flak in P-47 42-75530 during a strafing run on the Clastres airfield north-west of Juvincourt-et-Damary, Aisne Department, France, on return from a bomber support mission to southern Germany on 16-Mar-44. Crashed East of Juvincourt-et-Damary, Aisne Department, France. Killed In Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 3103.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (4OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Baytown, Harris County, TX | 14 November 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 26 December 1941 | Houston, Texas |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
Juvincourt-et-Damary, France | 16 March 1944 | in the crash of his P-47 42-75530, near Juvincourt-et-Damary, Aisne Department, France |
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Buried |
Juvincourt-et-Damary, France | 17 March 1944 | in the Juvincourt-et-Damary churchyard, North of Reims, 24km south-east of Laon, France |
| Goose Creek, Harris County, TX | |||
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Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | After the war, his remains were transferred to the American Military Cemetery in Epinal, France - Plot A – Row 42 – Grave 34 | |
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Based |
Metfield | 16 March 1944 | Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
WWII Draft Card
MACR 3103
NARA - Captured German records > KUJ-698 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494737
ABMC website
Source is Donald Chaffin, husband of Karen Taylor Chaffin, daughter of Ray Newman Taylor, sister of Lt. Robert Arthur Newman.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3103 / MACR 3103, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
