Robert S Newsome
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 40337
German Certicate Of death from the town of Leun, Germany. It shows, that he was found on 24th February 1945 dead in the Lahn River and that he was identified by his Dog Tags. Also, on the bottom is the remark, that he died in the River by a high water situation on 25th November 1944, when his a/c did crash
Hesssisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, Onlinesuche, Bestand 911 Nr. 5034, Standesamt Leun, Sterbenebenregister 1945, Seite 15
Shot down 25 November 1944 in B-17 43-37886 'Pennsy-Belle. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Leun, Germany | 25 November 1944 | |
Born |
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10759 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database