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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Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94896) nicknamed "Special Delivery" of the 489th Bomb Group flies in formation with fellow Liberators during a mission over Munster. Handwritten caption on reverse: '25/1/44 Munster.'

42-94896

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Special Delivery
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group

42-95015

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Patches
  • Unit: 700th Bomb Squadron 701st Bomb Squadron

44-48844

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

44-48851

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'

894

  • Date: 18 March 1945

889

  • Date: 15 March 1945

881

  • Date: 11 March 1945

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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.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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