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| Robert L. Almond, Sr. - 1945 |
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| Hometown: |
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Mt. Ranier., MD |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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December 1, 1943 |
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| Service Number: |
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13142703, A02084753 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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462nd |
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769th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Tinian, July, 1945 |
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| Missions Flown: |
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1 |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Maxwell AFB Pre-Flight Class 45D Aug-Nov 1944; Selman Field-Navigation School Class 45-7N Nov 1944-Feb 1945
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 1034 - Navigator |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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1st Lt. |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew / Ground crew |
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| Were you a POW? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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October, 1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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September 12, 1946 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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Recalled 14 Sept 1950; 1950-1951 Navigator-Military Air Transport Service-Mobile, Alabama; 1952-1954 Navigator 58th Weather Recon Sqdn.-Eielson AFB, Alaska; 1954-1957 Squadron Navigator-429th Air Refueling Sqdn-Langley AFB, Virginia; 1957-1960 Instructor AF ROTC Univ. of Minn., Duluth; 1960-1963 Student AF Inst. Of Tech. Univ. of Illinois-Civil Engineering; 1963-1965 Dep. Cmdr.-Base Civil Engineer-Cigli Air Base, Turkey; 1965-1967 Base Civil Engineer-McChord AFB, Tacoma, Washington; Sept 30, 1967 Retired - Still on flying status-Master Navigator
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
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1967-1969 Washington, D.C. -Chief Distribution Branch. Water Division; 1969-1971 Asst. Division Chief; 1970-1971 Chief, Sewer Operation-D.C. Dept. of Sanitary Engineering; 1971-1986 Director, Division of Operations, National Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland; 1986 -Retired.
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
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Being in the 462nd Bomb Group was like being on a college football team - high morale, enthusiasm, fight song, etc.
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| Robert L. Almond, Sr. - 1995 |
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