Robert Edward Babbitt
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Neerpelt in P-47 42-22516. Shot down by Jhj Obfw Hans Grunberg in Bf 109G-5 of JG 3/5 at Goirle, Netherlands 30-Nov-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1444.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Trenton, NJ, USA | 16 January 1942 | Trenton, New Jersey |
Based |
Bodney | 10 November 1942 - 30 November 1943 | Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 6 September 1943 | Promoted 1st Lieutenant. |
Died |
3910 Neerpelt, Belgium | 30 November 1943 | Shot down in P-47 42-22516 by Jhj Obfw Hans Grunberg in Bf 109G-5 of JG 3/5 at Goirle, Netherlands 30-Nov-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1444. |
Born |
New Jersey, USA | ||
Killed in Action (KIA) |
Trenton, NJ, USA | ||
Other Primary |
Carlstrom Field, (407) 812-6331, Arcadia, FL 34266, USA | Primary Flight Training. | |
Other Basic |
Guntersville, AL, USA | Basic Flight Training. | |
Other Advanced |
Napier Field, AL, USA | 10 November 1942 | Advanced Flight Training. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 34 Grave 36 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1444 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list