Robert Arthur Vieille
Record type: War Memorials
Parish: Rushen
Town / Village residence: Spanish Head
Biography: 1st Lieutenant, 306th Bomb Group, US Army 8th Air Force. Pilot of the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 42-37840 named 'Combined Operations'. N.B. information from Ivor Ramsden of the Manx Aviation and Military Museum: the correct full name is Robert Arthur Vieille. He was, and still is known as Robert to his family (the name on the war memorial is Arthur Vieille).
Gender: Male
Name Variant: Vieille, Arthur
Memorial: Memorial to the crash of the B-17G Flying Fortress, Spanish Head, Rushen (14 April 1945)