Robert Bruce Newsbigle
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
Assigned to 368BS, 308BG, 8AF USAAF. Dean Allen crew. 28 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 42-97946 'Hard To Get'. Crashed at Budberg. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8464
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-759675
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hard T' Get
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Wilkes-Barre, PA | 19 October 1921 | Son of Walter Bruce and Laura [Miller] Newsbigle. |
Enlisted |
Wilkes Barre, PA | 28 September 1942 | Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thurleigh | 7 June 1944 - 26 August 1944 | Assigned to 368BS, 308BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Budberg, Germany | 26 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 42-97946 'Hard To Get'. Crashed at Budberg. KIA MACR 8464 |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Block: B Row: 43 Grave: 5 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8464 / MACR 8464, First Over Germany pg. 269, http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/cemetery/search/pframe.asp?Honoree… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…