Robert Wade Biesecker
Military ROLL OF HONOURIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 571BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Augsburg in B-17 42-37925 'Rick-O-Shay III' 18-Mar-44; attacked by six Me109's, exploded and crashed Sth of Lahr/Schwarzwald, Germany after only three men baled out. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3182
Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (2 x Battle Stars), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Mascot
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Mascot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12156784
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15339064
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Highpoint, North Carolina, USA | 28 November 1918 | Son of Robert H and Minnie Lutz [Shoaf] Conrad. |
Enlisted |
Winston-Salem, NC | 31 March 1942 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
Died |
Lahr, Germany | 18 March 1944 | |
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint Avold, France Plot G-19-5 | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Framlingham | 18 March 1944 | Assigned to 571BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Lexington City Cemetery Lexington, Davidson County, NC | Memorialised Lexington City Cemetery Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3182 / MACR 3182, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database