Stanley I Hand

Military
Major Stanley I. Hand of the 96th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Official caption on image: "(GPR-110-7-96)(27-10-43) Sq. Commander's Day." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Major Stanley I. Hand.' media-408684.jpg FRE 4027 Major Stanley I. Hand of the 96th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Official caption on image: "(GPR-110-7-96)(27-10-43) Sq. Commander's Day." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Major Stanley I. Hand.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4027 - Major Stanley I. Hand of the 96th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Official caption on image: "(GPR-110-7-96)(27-10-43) Sq. Commander's Day."...

Flew 1st mission 14 May 1943. Flew total of 27 missions. Led group on mission to Russia. Charter member 96th Bomb Group 1st C. O. 413th Bomb Squadron. 413th Commander found himself temporary Group CO bridging the gap whele the 8th sent "Gent



DFC/ AM/ Croix de Guerre/ LOM

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

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Born

Louisville, Kentucky 27 April 1918

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self; Snetterton Falcons, pg 153, 155, 283

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Major Stanley I. Hand of the 96th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Official caption on image: "(GPR-110-7-96)(27-10-43) Sq. Commander's Day." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Major Stanley I. Hand.'

Object number: FRE 4027 - Major Stanley I. Hand of the 96th Bomb Group with...