Robert Rufus Bosworth
MilitaryAssigned to 78FS, 82FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 1 x kill and 5 x destroyed (ground). Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Miss Behave
- Unit: 368th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 395th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sioux Falls, SD | 16 September 1922 | Son of Ates W and Annabella Bosworth. |
Enlisted |
Des Moines, IA, USA | 6 August 1942 | Des Moines, Iowa |
Based |
Duxford | 7 June 1944 - 19 November 1944 | Assigned to 78FS, 82FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK | 1 September 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 7 October 1944 | Me109 destroyed 7-Oct-44, Germany. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 19 November 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
Died |
Marietta, GA, USA | 2 June 2003 | |
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, IA |
Revisions
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/p-47/p-47-encounter-reports.html
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_bosworth_r_r.php
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_078.php
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=bosworth&Submit=Sear…
https://www.fold3.com/page/84632493_robert_r%20bosworth/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/160479582/?terms=Robert%20R%20Bosworth
https://www.fold3.com/page/64392806_robert_r%20bosworth/details/
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/doc/usaf.aerial.victory.credits-ww…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p132 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list