WWII

Robert Lee Norman

Rate / Rank
1st LT

Birthdate
1921

Date of Death
April 24 1944

Branch
USAAF

Active Duty Service
March 16 1942 - April 24 1944

Conflicts & Campaigns

LT Norman had 170 combat hours and is credited with two combat "kills" a Me 110 and a Me 323.
A Mustang fighter (P-51) pilot based in England was lost over Munich, Germany.

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Spence Field, Moultrie, Georgia. Enlisted service number 14-097-755.
Pilot, 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force.

Decorations & Citations

Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.

Notes

US Army service number 07-976-97. Graduated Cairo High School 1939. Received wings and commission February 1943. Burial: Plot J Row 31 Grave 17 Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France.