Robert E Strand

Military
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. media-395078.jpg FRE 5135 The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5135 - The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

June 20, 1944, while wounded and pilot killed, took control of a/c and flew it home. AC had been in lead position so other ac followed . Friend remembers plane name as 'Eighth and Aces' Mission was 141 to oil depot at Hamburg, Germany in ac 42-102933, QUEENIE. He was awarded the distinguished Service Cross.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-743563
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombadier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gremlins Hotel : Queenie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

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Assigned

12 April 1944 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #69 dated 12 April 1944, as crew pilot, completed tour, 32 combat missions.

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384thbombgroup.com

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384th BG accounts. and web sites, friend September 2012, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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