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Robert J. "Bobbie" Dunn
Rank:
Sergeant
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96th Aero Squadron
Date of Death:
1918-07-06
State:
New York
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Robert J. “Bobbie” Dunn was born in 1892 in New York. He served in the 96th Aero Squadron as a Sergeant and Mechanic during World War I. He was killed with 1Lt Clapp in a plane accident in France on July 6, 1918. That day, they were testing a new plane at Amanty. With Sergeant Dunn in the rear cockpit, Clapp (the pilot) was preparing to land when the machine stalled, side-slipped, and crashed onto the airfield. It burst into flames, and Clapp and Dunn were consumed. Sgt Dunn's current burial place is unknown.