Robert E Strand
Military
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FRE 5135
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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
- 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: 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
Missions
- Date: 31 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other 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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Sources
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