World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Bruce Bidgood
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Dublin, Georgia
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED WITH THE 5TH AIR FORCE, 345TH BOMB GROUP, 500TH BOMB SQUADRON IN THE PACIFIC THEATER of OPERATIONS. ON APRIL 16, 1944, HE WAS THE CO-PILOT ON THE B-25 MITCHELL BOMBER 'TINKIE' THAT TOOK OFF FROM NADZAB AIRFIELD, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA ON A BOMBING MISSION OVER HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA. RETURNING FROM THE MISSION, HIS AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WEATHER AND WAS LAST SEEN GOING INTO A HUGE CLOUD COVER. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE SEA. DECORATIONS: WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL.