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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Regiment:

    Air Group 8

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bunker Hill (CV-17)

    Action Date:

    September 13, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 338 (May 1945) & No. 366 (August 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Robert A. Hobbs, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Air Group EIGHT, embarked in U.S.S. BUNKER HILL (CV-17), in the Philippine Islands on 13 September 1944.