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Capt Robert Edward Poland

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Capt Robert Edward Poland Veteran

Birth
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
4 Apr 1943 (aged 24)
Liberia
Burial
Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Add to Map
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The Citadel, Class of 1942. Left school to enter the Army Air Corps in November, 1941; flight training at Randolph Field, Texas and Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Assigned to Air Transport Command flying the A-20 "Havoc" light bomber with the 1st Squadron, 6th Ferry Group. His aircraft went down in the Atlantic Ocean while enroute from Ascencion Island to Liberia.
The Citadel, Class of 1942. Left school to enter the Army Air Corps in November, 1941; flight training at Randolph Field, Texas and Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Assigned to Air Transport Command flying the A-20 "Havoc" light bomber with the 1st Squadron, 6th Ferry Group. His aircraft went down in the Atlantic Ocean while enroute from Ascencion Island to Liberia.

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