Arvid Roy Hand Sr

Military
media-48223.jpeg UPL 48223 Captain Arvid Roy Hand
Bombardier/Navigator
416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 48223 - Captain Arvid Roy Hand Bombardier/Navigator 416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Paula E II Bootsie
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 416th Bomb Group 646th Bomb Squadron 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Timmy II
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Houston, Texas 24 May 1921
Hempstead, Texas 16 September 1942

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Poix Airfield, France 3 March 1944

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Stod, Czech Republic 3 May 1945 Flew 60 combat missions

Died

Hempstead, Texas 24 April 1997

Buried

Fields Store, Texas 27 July 1997 Fields Store Cemetery Fields Store, Waller County, Texas, USA Plot 475-3

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