Robert Earl Conrad Jr

Military
media-54503.jpeg UPL 54503 Capt Robert E Conrad, 455BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 54503 - Capt Robert E Conrad, 455BG.

Assigned to 701/703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars)

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William Vincent Tumelavich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33606338
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

41-28652

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tennessee Dottie
  • Unit: 455th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-50692

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-50729

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-50756

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-51015

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Q for Queenie
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron 701st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sunbury, PA 4 March 1925 Son of Robert Earl and Anna Elizabeth [Henderson] Conrad.

Enlisted

Harrisburg, PA 23 April 1943 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Died

Williamsport, PA 19 August 2011

Buried

Pomfret Manor Cemetery Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA 22 August 2011 Pomfret Manor Cemetery Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Based

Tibenham Assigned to 701/703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/record/285571798/robert-e-conrad-social-security-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/87185735/robert-e-conrad-jr-wwii-army-enli…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75352573/robert-earl-conrad

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new location

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From Dad's records

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from Maj Gelvin printout

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Information from Dad's written notes as well as a mission portfolio that we payed for.

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From WWII Compensation Form (enlisted# 33507972)

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 & Page 236 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45

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Object number: UPL 54503 - Capt Robert E Conrad, 455BG.