Oscar L Bond Jr

Military

Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 457FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14591

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Uninvited II
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 436th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cabarrus County, NC, USA 28 March 1922

Enlisted

Camp Shelby, 2500 Jackson Ave, Hattiesburg, MS 39401, USA 28 September 1942 Camp Shelby Mississippi

Other

Crashed

Waycross-Ware County Airport, 3098 Keen Dr, Waycross, GA 31503, USA 14 December 1944 Landing Accident Waycross Field, GA Cat 3 damage Lt Oscar L Bond, 14-Dec-44. P-40N 43-24030 - 345CCTS 3AF

Based

Debden 18 April 1945 - 15 September 1945 Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Leiston IP16, UK 15 September 1945 Transferred to 457FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

Neubiberg, Germany 4 February 1947 Take Off Accident Neubiberg AB GER Cat 3 damage Lt Oscar L Bond, 4-Feb-47. P-51D-20NA 44-63629 - 59FS 33FG AFE

Other

Crashed

Bremen, Germany 27 March 1947 Ground Loop Bremen AB GER Cat 3 damage Lt Oscar L Bond Jr, 27-Mar-47. P-51D-20NA 44-72439 42ADG AFE

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Wiggins, MS 39577, USA

Buried

Greensboro, NC, USA Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro Guilford County North Carolina, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Bond
https://www.fold3.com/page/84029954_oscar_l%20bond%20jr/details/
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Bond%2C+Oscar+L
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=122976898

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia