Robert R Bonebrake
MilitaryAssigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 5 x kills (3 x air, 2 x ground).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Crashed |
Bradley International Airport, Schoephoester Rd, Windsor Locks, CT 06096, USA | 24 March 1943 | Mid Air Collision with Bird Bradley Field, CT Cat 3 damage Lt Robert R Bonebrake, 24-Mar-43. P-40F 41-19780 - 310FS 58FG |
Other Crashed |
Wilmington International Airport, 1740 Airport Blvd, Suite 12, Wilmington, NC 28405, United States | 21 March 1944 | Non Battle Damage Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC Cat 3 damage Lt Robert R Bonebrake, 21-Mar-44 P-47D 42-22555 - 539FS 326FG 1AF |
Based |
Duxford | 24 June 1944 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Dümmer, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Me109 destroyed Dummer Lake 26-Nov-44. |
Other E/A Destroyed (2) |
Koblenz, Germany | 19 December 1944 | Me109 and Fw190 destroyed Nth of Koblenz 19-Dec-44. |
Other Crashed |
Chandler Heights, AZ 85142, USA | 3 November 1946 | Bale Out due to Structural Failure 2 miles SW Chandler Heights AZ Cat 4 damage Capt Robert R Bonebrake, 3-Nov-46. P-80A 44-85308 - 3010AAFBU |
Taylor, TX 76574, USA |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Bonebrake
http://www.americanfighteraces.org/wwllusaf_a-b.html
Aces of the 78th Fighter Group By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
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http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/p-47/er/78-bonebrake-19dec44.jpg
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list