Robert Nixon Greene
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Arnhem in P-47D 42-75815 'Patrica Baby' when strafing ground positions to clear the way for the allied airborne invasion (Market Garden). Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Norfolk, Va, United States | 21 September 1923 | Son of Francis Henry and Winifred [Nixon] Greene. |
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Other Killed in action |
Arnhem, Hollland | 17 September 1944 | Crashed near Arnhem in P-47D 42-75815 'Patrica Baby' when strafing ground positions to clear the way for the allied airborne invasion (Market Garden). KIA |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 22 Grave 12 | |
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Based |
17 September 1944 | Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
"Searching for Lieutenant Greene - the 351st Fighter Squadron and Operation Market Garden" (2007) by Frederik C. Paauwe
Correction of name - Patrica Baby not Patricia Baby - www.fold3.com photo.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8802 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list