Robert served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-17F #41-24547, 323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Alameda County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 7, 1941, prior to the war, in San Francisco, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was attacked and set on fire by German aircraft and crashed into the Channel south of Brest, France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-661867
Son of Clinton D. Rand and Willow McKinnie Rand.
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24547:
King, Clarence V ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Maine
Kusowski, Thaddeus F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Michigan
Rand, Robert D ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, California
Shumard, Richard E ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio
Sternglanz, Donald M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, California
Airmen who became POW's from B-17F #41-24547:
Farrar, James B ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner
Hatch, David B ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator
Platt, Alvar B ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner
Rosener, Maurice ~ Major, Co-Pilot
Wawrzynek, Walter C ~ S/Sgt, Bombardier
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Alameda County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 7, 1941, prior to the war, in San Francisco, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was attacked and set on fire by German aircraft and crashed into the Channel south of Brest, France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-661867
Son of Clinton D. Rand and Willow McKinnie Rand.
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24547:
King, Clarence V ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Maine
Kusowski, Thaddeus F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Michigan
Rand, Robert D ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, California
Shumard, Richard E ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio
Sternglanz, Donald M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, California
Airmen who became POW's from B-17F #41-24547:
Farrar, James B ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner
Hatch, David B ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator
Platt, Alvar B ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner
Rosener, Maurice ~ Major, Co-Pilot
Wawrzynek, Walter C ~ S/Sgt, Bombardier
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Robert served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-17F #41-24547, 323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Alameda County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 7, 1941, prior to the war, in San Francisco, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was attacked and set on fire by German aircraft and crashed into the Channel south of Brest, France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-661867
Son of Clinton D. Rand and Willow McKinnie Rand.
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24547:
King, Clarence V ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Maine
Kusowski, Thaddeus F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Michigan
Rand, Robert D ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, California
Shumard, Richard E ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio
Sternglanz, Donald M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, California
Airmen who became POW's from B-17F #41-24547:
Farrar, James B ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner
Hatch, David B ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator
Platt, Alvar B ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner
Rosener, Maurice ~ Major, Co-Pilot
Wawrzynek, Walter C ~ S/Sgt, Bombardier
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Alameda County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 7, 1941, prior to the war, in San Francisco, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was attacked and set on fire by German aircraft and crashed into the Channel south of Brest, France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-661867
Son of Clinton D. Rand and Willow McKinnie Rand.
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24547:
King, Clarence V ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Maine
Kusowski, Thaddeus F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Michigan
Rand, Robert D ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, California
Shumard, Richard E ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio
Sternglanz, Donald M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, California
Airmen who became POW's from B-17F #41-24547:
Farrar, James B ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner
Hatch, David B ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator
Platt, Alvar B ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner
Rosener, Maurice ~ Major, Co-Pilot
Wawrzynek, Walter C ~ S/Sgt, Bombardier
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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