BOB NEWHART

Lieutenant, VF-4, U.S.S. Essex

Earned the "TIGHT TURN/MANEUVER" Ace Ability

EVENT	Mission #	Mission Type	Flight Position	Kills	Type of Kills		Number of times shot down	Escort Points	Status	Ace Ability
CSW-2003	1	Escort	F6F-5 Wm	1	N1K1-J		1	0	Active	---
CSW-2003	2	Escort	F6F-5 Ldr	0	None		1	0	Active	---
CSW-2003	3	Escort	F6F-5 Ldr	1	N1K1		0	0	Active	---
CSW-2003	4	Escort	F6F-5 Ldr	2	2 N1K1-Js		0	+2	Active	---
CSW-2003	5	Intercept	F6F-5 Ldr	0	None		0	---	Active	---
CSW-2003	6	Intercept	F6F-5 Ldr	1	G4M1		1	---	Active	---
CSW-2003	7	Intercept	F6F-5 Ldr	0	None		1	---	Active	---
CSW-2003	8	Dogfight	F6F-5 Ldr	0	None		1	---	Active	---
CSW-2003	9	Escort	F6F-5 Ldr	0	None		0	+2	Active	---
CSW-2004	10	Escort	F6F-5 Ldr	1	N1K1-J		0	+2	Active	---
CSW-2004	11	Escort	F6F-5 Ldr	1	N1K1-J		0	+1	Active	TT/M
CSW-2005	12	Intercept	F6F-5 Ldr	0	None		1	---	Active	TT/M
CSW-2006	13	Escort	F6F-5 Ldr	0	None		0	-1	Active	TT/M
CSW-2007	14	Intercept	F6F-5 Ldr	1	Ki-49		1	---	Active	TT/M
CSW-2011	15	Intercept	F6F-5 Ldr	0	None		1	---	Active	TT/M
TOTALS	15			8	6 N1K1-Js	1 G4M1	8	+6	Active	TT/M
					1 Ki-49

PILOT HISTORY:

• Assigned as wingman to Lt. (jg) Steven Harris
• Assigned as element leader after Lt (jg) Harris was listed as MIA
• The first Hellcat pilot Ace in the Down in Flames Aces' Campaigns after mission 6

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