Robert L Newman
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 5-Nov-43 as pilot of P-47D 42-7907, 353FG/350FS while on a mission to escort B-17 bombers attacking at Gelsenkirchen, Germany when his aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed at Wijer, Belgium. 1KIA MACR 1447.
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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 350th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Buried |
Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 14, Grave 10. | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
3850 Wijer, Belgium | 5 November 1943 | Killed whn aircaft was shor down by German fighters an crashed at Wijer, Belgium. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 8-Jul-2015. Added DEcoration and Burial Event per American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) records; Added KIA event per MACR 1447; Added Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1447 / MACR 1447, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 360 POW. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list