World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert R. Flanagan
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Children
STAFF SERGEANT, ARMY AIR FORCES. ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE, FEBRUARY 1943. EARNED ARMY AIR FORCES COMBAT CREW MEMBERS WINGS, APRIL 1944. SENT OVERSEAS IN AUGUST 1944. AIRPLANE ARMORER GUNNER, 351ST BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE, 511TH BOMB SQUADRON. STATIONED IN ENGLAND. COMPLETED 35 MISSIONS. PARTICIPATED IN BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS IN NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND AND ARDENNES. RECEIVED EUROPEAN THEATER RIBBON, AIR MEDAL WITH FIVE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE STARS. RETURNED TO UNITED STATES IN MARCH 1945; SERVED AS GUNNERY INSTRUCTOR. DISCHARGED SEPTEMBER 1945.