Robert Earl Conrad Jr

Military
media-54503.jpeg UPL 54503 Capt Robert E Conrad, 455BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 54503 - Capt Robert E Conrad, 455BG.

Assigned to 701/703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars)

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Aircraft

Missions

720

  • Date: 21 November 1944
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-97968) of the 486th Bomb Group bombs the target during a mission. Printed caption on reverse: '54979 AC- BOMBING THROUGH CLOUD- Flying Fortresses of US 8th AF bombed German airfield at Wiesbaden, west of Franksurt, Nov 10th through broken cloud. Attack made in support of Gen Patton's 3rd Army advance was designed to ground German Aircraft. US Air Force Photo.'

709

  • Date: 10 November 1944

688

  • Date: 25 October 1944

683

  • Date: 19 October 1944
The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'

678

  • Date: 15 October 1944

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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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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75352573/robert-earl-conrad

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new location

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From Dad's records

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from Maj Gelvin printout

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Information from Dad's written notes as well as a mission portfolio that we payed for.

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From WWII Compensation Form (enlisted# 33507972)

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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

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