Robert S Newsome

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40337.jpeg 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

Object Number - 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...

Shot down 25 November 1944 in B-17 43-37886 'Pennsy-Belle. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Leun, Germany 25 November 1944

Born

Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

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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

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