Robert Lee Norman
MilitaryAssigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Munich in P-51 42-106433 24-Apr-44. MACR 4320
Awards: DFC (OLC), PH.
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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-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron
Places
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cairo, GA | 8 February 1921 | Son of Grover Cleveland and Mattie T [Wooten] Norman. |
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Died |
NE of Munich | 24 April 1944 | |
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Based |
Steeple Morden | 24 April 1944 | Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, France Section J Row 31 Grave 17 | |
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Buried |
Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Moultrie, Colquitt County, GA | Memorialised Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources
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