USAAF WORLD WAR II
Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Crowder KIA
Graduate United States military Academy Class of 1936
Hometown: Lawrence Kansas.
Squadron: HQ 460th Bomb Group
Service# O-020326
Awards: Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart (posthumously).
Pilot
Target: Bucharest Romania
Mission Date: 15-Apr-44
Serial Number: # 42-64380
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Laceni Romania
Cause: Crew of 11 9KIA 2POW
Suggested edit: Hello! Col. Crowder is buried in the St. Alexander cemetery in Alexandria, Romania, less than 10 miles south of his crash site in Lăceni, Romania. I have photos of his grave, but I cannot attach them using this form.
Contributor:(51377714)
Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org
Robert T. Crowder was born on 18 September 1911 in Lawrence Kansas. He got his first taste of military life in the Kansas National Guard and received an at large appointment to the Military Academy with the Class of 1936. Crowder chose the Infantry upon graduation. His first assignment was with the 10th Infantry at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
In October 1938 Lt. Crowder requested and received assignment to the Army Air Corps pilot training at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas. He received his pilot rating in August of 1939. From November 1940 to January 1942 Crowder served as post adjutant, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas; then briefly as Commander, 64th Air Base Group. In June 1942 he was rated glider pilot. In August 1943 he received command of the 460th Bomb Group and early in 1944 led it overseas for duty in the North African Theatre. He was killed in action with his unit on 15 April 1944. Some research indicate that Colonel Crowder was severely injured and sent to hospital in Alexandria Egypt where he died.
Lieutenant Colonel Crowder, was awarded the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart (posthumously).
Crew
Robert T. Crowder Command Pilot
Bennie Lindley Co Pilot
Clifford R. Holmes Navigator
William R. Barlow
Lloyd E. White
Robert J. Conlin
Karl E. Boehmer
Stephen J. Guziolek
Lewis E. Lowe
Marion J. Sparks
Olan Delaney POW
Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Crowder KIA
Graduate United States military Academy Class of 1936
Hometown: Lawrence Kansas.
Squadron: HQ 460th Bomb Group
Service# O-020326
Awards: Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart (posthumously).
Pilot
Target: Bucharest Romania
Mission Date: 15-Apr-44
Serial Number: # 42-64380
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Laceni Romania
Cause: Crew of 11 9KIA 2POW
Suggested edit: Hello! Col. Crowder is buried in the St. Alexander cemetery in Alexandria, Romania, less than 10 miles south of his crash site in Lăceni, Romania. I have photos of his grave, but I cannot attach them using this form.
Contributor:(51377714)
Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org
Robert T. Crowder was born on 18 September 1911 in Lawrence Kansas. He got his first taste of military life in the Kansas National Guard and received an at large appointment to the Military Academy with the Class of 1936. Crowder chose the Infantry upon graduation. His first assignment was with the 10th Infantry at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
In October 1938 Lt. Crowder requested and received assignment to the Army Air Corps pilot training at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas. He received his pilot rating in August of 1939. From November 1940 to January 1942 Crowder served as post adjutant, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas; then briefly as Commander, 64th Air Base Group. In June 1942 he was rated glider pilot. In August 1943 he received command of the 460th Bomb Group and early in 1944 led it overseas for duty in the North African Theatre. He was killed in action with his unit on 15 April 1944. Some research indicate that Colonel Crowder was severely injured and sent to hospital in Alexandria Egypt where he died.
Lieutenant Colonel Crowder, was awarded the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart (posthumously).
Crew
Robert T. Crowder Command Pilot
Bennie Lindley Co Pilot
Clifford R. Holmes Navigator
William R. Barlow
Lloyd E. White
Robert J. Conlin
Karl E. Boehmer
Stephen J. Guziolek
Lewis E. Lowe
Marion J. Sparks
Olan Delaney POW
USAAF WORLD WAR II
Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Crowder KIA
Graduate United States military Academy Class of 1936
Hometown: Lawrence Kansas.
Squadron: HQ 460th Bomb Group
Service# O-020326
Awards: Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart (posthumously).
Pilot
Target: Bucharest Romania
Mission Date: 15-Apr-44
Serial Number: # 42-64380
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Laceni Romania
Cause: Crew of 11 9KIA 2POW
Suggested edit: Hello! Col. Crowder is buried in the St. Alexander cemetery in Alexandria, Romania, less than 10 miles south of his crash site in Lăceni, Romania. I have photos of his grave, but I cannot attach them using this form.
Contributor:(51377714)
Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org
Robert T. Crowder was born on 18 September 1911 in Lawrence Kansas. He got his first taste of military life in the Kansas National Guard and received an at large appointment to the Military Academy with the Class of 1936. Crowder chose the Infantry upon graduation. His first assignment was with the 10th Infantry at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
In October 1938 Lt. Crowder requested and received assignment to the Army Air Corps pilot training at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas. He received his pilot rating in August of 1939. From November 1940 to January 1942 Crowder served as post adjutant, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas; then briefly as Commander, 64th Air Base Group. In June 1942 he was rated glider pilot. In August 1943 he received command of the 460th Bomb Group and early in 1944 led it overseas for duty in the North African Theatre. He was killed in action with his unit on 15 April 1944. Some research indicate that Colonel Crowder was severely injured and sent to hospital in Alexandria Egypt where he died.
Lieutenant Colonel Crowder, was awarded the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart (posthumously).
Crew
Robert T. Crowder Command Pilot
Bennie Lindley Co Pilot
Clifford R. Holmes Navigator
William R. Barlow
Lloyd E. White
Robert J. Conlin
Karl E. Boehmer
Stephen J. Guziolek
Lewis E. Lowe
Marion J. Sparks
Olan Delaney POW
Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Crowder KIA
Graduate United States military Academy Class of 1936
Hometown: Lawrence Kansas.
Squadron: HQ 460th Bomb Group
Service# O-020326
Awards: Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart (posthumously).
Pilot
Target: Bucharest Romania
Mission Date: 15-Apr-44
Serial Number: # 42-64380
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Laceni Romania
Cause: Crew of 11 9KIA 2POW
Suggested edit: Hello! Col. Crowder is buried in the St. Alexander cemetery in Alexandria, Romania, less than 10 miles south of his crash site in Lăceni, Romania. I have photos of his grave, but I cannot attach them using this form.
Contributor:(51377714)
Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org
Robert T. Crowder was born on 18 September 1911 in Lawrence Kansas. He got his first taste of military life in the Kansas National Guard and received an at large appointment to the Military Academy with the Class of 1936. Crowder chose the Infantry upon graduation. His first assignment was with the 10th Infantry at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
In October 1938 Lt. Crowder requested and received assignment to the Army Air Corps pilot training at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas. He received his pilot rating in August of 1939. From November 1940 to January 1942 Crowder served as post adjutant, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas; then briefly as Commander, 64th Air Base Group. In June 1942 he was rated glider pilot. In August 1943 he received command of the 460th Bomb Group and early in 1944 led it overseas for duty in the North African Theatre. He was killed in action with his unit on 15 April 1944. Some research indicate that Colonel Crowder was severely injured and sent to hospital in Alexandria Egypt where he died.
Lieutenant Colonel Crowder, was awarded the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart (posthumously).
Crew
Robert T. Crowder Command Pilot
Bennie Lindley Co Pilot
Clifford R. Holmes Navigator
William R. Barlow
Lloyd E. White
Robert J. Conlin
Karl E. Boehmer
Stephen J. Guziolek
Lewis E. Lowe
Marion J. Sparks
Olan Delaney POW
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