Name:
Robert Edward Forrest
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-727979
Unit:
67th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-03-08
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
A
Row:
8
Grave:
16
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Copilot of the B-24D 41-23784 NB-R "Miss Dianne" shot down by an enemy fighter at 1402 on 8 mars 1943. Miss Dianne was returning to her base in Shipdham, Norfolk, after bombing the train station at Sotteville les Rouen. From Columbus, Ohio.