Robert George Bickford
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5135 - The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Robert Bickford served as radio operator with the 546th Bomb Squadron of the 384th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Grafton Underwood, England.
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Jersey, USA | 22 November 1917 | |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 16 July 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #139 dated 16 July 1944, Edward G. LeDonne Crew. 17 combat missions. |
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Other Reclassified |
19 November 1944 | Reclassified from Military Occupation Specialty 757 to MOS 756 on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #228 dated 19 November 1944. | |
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Died |
New Jersey, USA | 24 April 2001 | Burial: Hillcrest Memorial Park Hurffville Gloucester County New Jersey, USA |
Revisions
Correspondence with Robert G Bickford's daughter, Gayle (nee Bickford) Anderson.
See also:
http://www.384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonalWarRecord.php?xID…
http://www.384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonalWarRecord.php?xID…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…