Hiram Francis Conant
Military
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Object Number - UPL 60589 - Major Hiram F Conant
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747669
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14159210
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Arm/Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Miss Laid
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
24 November 1918 | ||
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Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
6 March 1944 | ||
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Other Combat Mission |
4 June 1944 | On 4th June, the A-20J piloted by Captain Hiram F. Conant, Squadron Operations Officer, was hit by enemy ground fire while on a mission against the Coastal Battery of St. Pierre Dumont. The bombardier-navigator, Lieutenant Richard T. McBrien, was wounded in the legs by flak fragments. In spite of this, Captain Conant successfully attacked the target and brought the severely damaged craft back to England, where he landed at Rome Station. The gunners, Staff Sergeants Earnest E. Kelly and William H. Coe, extinguished two fires in the VHF equipment, thus saving the ship from crashing in flames. | |
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Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
3 May 1945 | ||
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Died |
8 October 1998 |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
http://www.416th.com/MACR_AAR/19431027_42-6760_AAR-44-10-27-31_Conant.h…
http://www.ww2buddies.com/Query416.html
http://www.416th.com/668th_history_usaf_afhra.html
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3928&h=4995043…
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