Stanley R Bond

Military
media-40685.jpeg UPL 40685 T/Sgt. Stanley R Bond of the 490th Bomb Group is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony at the 8th Air Forcebase in England On 21 October 1944.

Object Number - UPL 40685 - T/Sgt. Stanley R Bond of the 490th Bomb Group is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony at the 8th Air Forcebase in England On 21...

Assigned to 849BS 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Borman crew. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME(2 battle stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11069513 / O-693606
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 13 June 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Born

Wisconsin, USA Wisconsin

Based

Eye Assigned to 849BS 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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