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Powell, Robert Haynes, Capt USAF(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Wilcoe, West Virginia
Last Address Atlanta, Georgia
Date of Passing Jun 22, 2016
Location of Interment Oak Grove Methodist Church Cemetery - Oak Grove (DeKalb County), Georgia
In WWII, he was credited with sharing in the shootdown of 2 enemy aircraft and he damaged 3 others. He was also credited with destroying 3.5 enemy aircraft on the ground plus 2 probables while strafing airfields.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
From Month/Year
June / 1944
To Month/Year
July / 1944
Description Normandy Campaign 6 June to 24 July 1944) Early on D-Day airborne troops landed in France to gain control of strategic areas. Aerial and naval bombardment followed. Then the invasion fleet, covered by an umbrella of aircraft, discharged Eisenhower’s assault forces. Soon the beachhead was secure, but its expansion was a slow and difficult process in the face of strong opposition. It was not until late in July that the Allies were able to break out of Normandy.
