Robert Mackenzie Leveridge
Military ROLL OF HONOUR1st Lieutenant Robert M. Leveridge was born January 24, 1919. His next of kin were his mother, Mrs. Robert M. Harvey, and his aunt, Belle da Costa Greene. The latter had adopted him as an infant and raised him. Heidi Ardizzone has written a book about her. Robert Leveridge was from New York, New York. Enlisted in August 1941. Transferred overseas and was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Bomb Squadron. On August 3, 1943, he took his own life near Alconbury, England. He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Cambridge, England.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 24 January 1919 | 1st Lieutenant Robert M. Leveridge was born January 24, 1919. His next of kin were his mother, Mrs. Robert M. Harvey, and his aunt, Belle da Costa Greene. He was from New York, New York. |
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Enlisted |
18 August 1941 | March Field, Riverside, California | |
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Died |
Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 3 August 1943 | On August 3, 1943, he took his own life near Alconbury, England. His unit was the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Bomb Squadron. |
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Buried |
Initially buried at Bisley Crossings, Robert Leveridge rests since 1949 at the US Military Cemetery at Cambridge, England. Plot B, Row 1, Grave 36 |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
ABMC website
2005 e-mails with Heidi Ardizzone, who was doing research on Leveridge for a book she was wrtiting about Belle da Costa Greene, aunt of Robert Leveridge, and who adopted him when he was a toddler and raised him. See http://heidiardizzone.com/bookail.htm
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 505, WWII Memorial web site 3