Name and Rank, First Lieutenant Robert Edward Babbitt.
Unit/Placed in, 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group “The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney”.
Robert was born approx. on Jan. 10, 1921 in Mercer County, New Jersey.
Father, Edward J. Babbitt.
Mother, Lilian M. Babbitt.
Sister, Lorrain Babbitt.
Brother(s), Earl R. Charles L. and Edward J. Jr. Babbitt.
Robert entered the service from New Jersey with service number # 12046726.
Robert was KIA in a dogfight with two BF-109G and crashed near Goirle, Holland, on Nov. 30, 1943, and he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
And he is buried at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium
Thanks to http://www.352ndfightergroup.com/
Pictures and Info: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Neerpelt in P-47 42-22516. Shot down by Jhj Obfw Hans Grunberg in Bf 109G-5 of JG 3/5 at Goirle, Netherlands 30-Nov-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1444.
