Tresville, Robert B.
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Birthname | Robert Bernard Tresville Jr. | ||||
born on | 9 May 1921 at 12:05 (= 12:05 PM ) | ||||
Place | Galveston, Texas, 29n18, 94w48 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American pilot who served in the original 332nd Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, during World War II. He was only the seventh African American to graduate from West Point. He was Commanding Officer of the 100th Fighter Squadron and was widely considered to be one of the 332nd Fighter Group's most promising leaders. Tresville went missing in action after his plane went down over the Mediterranean Sea on 24 June 1944. He was 23. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
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Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate ("Robert Leslie Tresville").
Categories
- Traits : Body : Race (Black, African-American)
- Personal : Death : Short Life less than 29 Yrs (Age 23)
- Vocation : Military : Combat
- Vocation : Military : Honors
- Vocation : Military : Killed
- Vocation : Military : Military service (WWII)
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military
Categories:
- 1921 births
- Birthday 9 May
- Birthplace Galveston, TX (US)
- Sun 18 Taurus
- Moon 13 Gemini
- Asc 19 Leo
- 1944 deaths
- Traits : Body : Race
- Personal : Death : Short Life less than 29 Yrs
- Vocation : Military : Combat
- Vocation : Military : Honors
- Vocation : Military : Killed
- Vocation : Military : Military service
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military