Robert D. Bell

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Robert D. Bell (0-728549), First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-47 Fighter Airplane in the 89th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter Group, TENTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 27 March 1944, n the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. On this date in aerial combat against enemy Japanese forces, Lieutenant Bell shot down THREE enemy aircraft in a single mission. First Lieutenant Bell’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 10th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.