Robert Earl Conrad Jr
Military
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UPL 54503
Capt Robert E Conrad, 455BG.
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 701/703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33606338
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tennessee Dottie
- Unit: 455th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Q for Queenie
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron 701st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 April 1945
- Date: 9 April 1945
- Date: 8 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 31 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sunbury, PA | 4 March 1925 | Son of Robert Earl and Anna Elizabeth [Henderson] Conrad. |
Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 23 April 1943 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Died |
Williamsport, PA | 19 August 2011 | |
Buried |
Pomfret Manor Cemetery Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA | 22 August 2011 | Pomfret Manor Cemetery Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
Based |
Tibenham | Assigned to 701/703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Information from Dad's written notes as well as a mission portfolio that we payed for.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 & Page 236 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45