Robert Earnest Daw Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 21845 - P-47D 42-75392 'Spunky' 377FS, 362FG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot 1st Lt Robert E Daw Jr KIA.
Assigned to 377FS, 362FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from strafing mission, hit trees strafing armed vehicles on edge of woods. With a dead engine bellied in successfully near Benonchamps, Luxembourg unharmed a mile from US lines. Later declared KIA, may have been executed by SS troops in area. 30-Dec-44. MACR 11547.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Spunky
- Unit: 362nd Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 377th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Headcorn
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Joaquin, TX 75954, USA | 4 January 1922 | Son of Robert Earnest and Christine [Irish] Daw. |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 18 February 1943 | Houston, Texas |
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Died |
Benonchamps, 6600 Bastogne, Belgium | 30 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) from strafing mission, hit trees strafing armed vehicles on edge of woods. With a dead engine Lt Daws Jr bellied in successfully nr Benonchamps, Luxembourg unharmed a mile from US lines. Later declared KIA, may have been executed by SS troops in area. 30-Dec-44. |
| Joaquin, TX 75954, USA | |||
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Buried |
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial | Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial. | |
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Other Crashed |
Richmond, VA, USA | Narrowly escaped death while training in Richmond, Virginia. His plane crashed and caught fire as it landed and he was pulled from the plane just before it exploded. | |
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Buried |
Joaquin Cemetery Joaquin Shelby County TX | Re-interred: Joaquin Cemetery Joaquin Shelby County Texas, USA | |
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Based |
Lashenden | 30 December 1944 | Assigned to 377FS, 362FG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Corrected the spellig of his last name in the "Summary biography".