Robert Waring Bugie
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 51514 - 1st Lt Robert Waring Bugie, 412BS, 95BG
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 27 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM, Unit Citation, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lone Wolf
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat : The Zoot Suiters
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Liberty Belle
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Berlin Bessie
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fire Ball Red
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 April 1944
- Date: 28 March 1944
- Date: 26 March 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Fort Thomas, Kentucky | 20 February 1920 | Son of Harry A Bugie. |
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Enlisted |
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH | 28 July 1942 | Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio |
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Other 95th Bomb Group Combat Tour |
Horham | 16 December 1943 - 19 April 1944 | Completed a 25 mission combat tour |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
4 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Fort Thomas, KY | 19 August 2007 | |
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Buried |
Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati, OH | 21 August 2007 | Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/35922654/robert-w-bugie-social-security-de…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84225146/robert-w-bugie-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.fold3.com/record/623312179/robert-bugie-1920-veterans-affai…
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/844
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21227416/robert-bugie
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
