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  • Robert D. Knapp
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  • Robert Duane Knapp, Jr. (December 26, 1897 – April 25, 1994) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force and an aviation pioneer. He held United States pilot license #185 and led the first Allied aerial attack on Rome in World War II. Knapp received a Silver Star for leading an unescorted bombing raid on a fighter-defended Axis convoy in 1944.
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serviceyears
  • 1918
Birth Date
  • 1897-12-26
Commands
  • 7
  • 44
  • 57
  • 321
  • Air Corps Primary Flying School, Brooks Field
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Name
  • Robert D. Knapp
Caption
  • Robert D. Knapp with Airco DH.4 bomber, ca. 1920
Birth Place
Awards
death date
  • 1994-04-25
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Allegiance
  • United States of America
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placeofburial
abstract
  • Robert Duane Knapp, Jr. (December 26, 1897 – April 25, 1994) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force and an aviation pioneer. He held United States pilot license #185 and led the first Allied aerial attack on Rome in World War II. Knapp received a Silver Star for leading an unescorted bombing raid on a fighter-defended Axis convoy in 1944.