Robert Ignatious Doyle
Military
Information provided by Mark Murkowski, son of Antoni Murkowski whose Distinguished Flying Cross medal group is in IWM's Collection
Object Number - UPL 60881 - Portrait of Robert Doyle, 452nd Bomb Group with a message of thanks to Antoni Murkowski c.1944
C.1944 Robert I Doyle was assisted Sergeant Antoni Stefan Murkowski of No 316 Squadron, Polish Air Force, during a bomber mission when his aircraft was attacked and forced to ditch. Murkowski radioed Doyle's position to air sea rescue, and was later sent a photograph of Bob with a message of thanks.
Doyle remained in the US Air Force following the end of the Second World War serving as a camera operator with the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. He was killed in a flying accident on 3 November 1948, when his RB-29 Superfortress (44-61999) Over Exposed crashed into Bleaklow moorland, Derbyshire in bad weather on a routine flight from RAF Scampton to RAF Burtonwood.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hemlock, Michigan | 22 August 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles | 23 October 1939 | |
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Died |
Bleakow, Derbyshire | 3 November 1948 | |
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Buried |
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Michigan |
Revisions
IWM War Memorials Register, WM 19155
Air Medal award card via NARA
Headstone application via Ancestry (£/$)
Information provided by Mark Murkowski, son of Antoni Murkowski. Murkowski's Distinguished Flying Cross medal group is in IWM's Collection
