Robert Douglas Cutting

Military
media-24677.jpeg UPL 24677 1LT Robert D. Cutting
82nd FG - 96th FS = 15th AF

Object Number - UPL 24677 - 1LT Robert D. Cutting 82nd FG - 96th FS = 15th AF

Robert D. Cutting was my father I am Robert D. Cutting, II. His first combat mission was on September 2, 1943, in his flight log he stated this was "the roughest". 6 members of the 96th FS were lost on that day and is considered one of the greatest missions in the Units history. The 38's of the 82nd FG did not let one B-25 fall to the Axis fighters that day in one one the longest constant attacks by enemy fighters. His Air Medal was awarded for bringing a lost B-25 home over the sea. His DFC was awarded for organizing a group of 38's to fend off Axis fighters from attacking straggling bombers on their way back from Sophia. He was credited with one kill and one probable. He loved the P-38 and said there was not a better fighter in WWII!

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Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, NY, USA 7 October 1919

Died

Santa Monica Bay, Los Angeles, CA, USA 25 April 1955

Buried

Glendale, CA, USA 30 April 1955 Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Glendale Los Angeles County California, USA Plot: Harmony, Lot 2829, Space 1

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Personal records from pilot Flight log and 82nd Unit History Adoromini.

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