Robert T Sand
MilitaryRoger Freeman Collection
Cook Ided Bob Sand
Robert Sand was responsible for the maintenance and repair of fighter aircraft. As a specialist in propeller mechanics, Sand performed a crucial role in ensuring that the engine was running correctly. He felt personally accountable for the safe return of the aircraft he worked on, saying he 'could not rest easy until every ship was off safely, and had returned safely. And when any ship was lost unaccountably, there remained a little nagging question.'
Armed with his camera, Sand made a photographic record of the sights and antics on base. He was also a keen artist, and painted the nose art on several famous fighter aircraft. On his retirement in 1991, he painted one final piece of nose art- on his wife's wheelbarrow.
SSgt 38th FS 55th FG 1942-45.
From Bellingham, WA
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Texas Ranger
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Texas Ranger IV
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (55th Fighter Group)
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Sweet Ellouise
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Portland, Oregon | 9 November 1914 | |
Died |
5 February 2003 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self