Good Mornin' Fellow Listers: I just received this from Teresa Delikat and am forwarding it on to the lists. Donna Heller Zinn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teresa Delikat" <flott_genealogy@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 9:08 PM Subject: A Flood cousin returns home > Veteran's remains make it back home > http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=8937 > > By Frank Jost, Sentinel reporter, > fjost@lewistownsentinel.com > > LEWISTOWN - The remains of a bomber crewman who's > aircraft was shot down during World War II were > recently identified and brought home to his next of > kin in the Juniata Valley. > > Staff Sgt. Robert J. Flood, 22, was a member of the > U.S. Army Air Force 856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd > Bomber Group, which operated from Norfolk, England > during the war, according to information posted on the > bomber group's historical Web site, > www.492ndbombgroup.com. > > During one of the group's numerous bombing missions in > the European Theater, Flood's B-24 Liberator received > heavy enemy fire and crashed in an area southwest of > Berlin, killing the entire crew, according to the Web > site. > > Initial reports filed after the mission erroneously > claimed the plane was lost over the Baltic Sea, and > the names of the crewmen, including Flood, were listed > on the Wall of the Missing, in Henri-Chapelle, > Belgium, the Web site indicates. > > The wreckage and remains of the crew were not found > until nearly 60 years later, during an archeological > dig in Germany. Flood, who was born in Neelyton, > Huntingdon County, is survived by a brother, Richard, > who resides in Mifflintown, according to an obituary > submitted by the Agett Geisel Funeral Home, of Dry > Run. > > Flood's identity was confirmed by Army officials, who > subsequently coordinated the return of his remains to > the United States, said Carol Clark-Bainey, unit > administrator for the U.S. Army Reserve Center in > Lewistown. > > Clark-Bainey said soldiers from her unit, Detachment 3 > of the 318th Maintenance Company, will act as the > honor guard during funeral services for Flood, which > are scheduled for Saturday. > Section: News Posted: 10/3/2007 > > Obituary: > Robert J. Flood > > DRY RUN - Staff Sgt. Robert J. Flood, 22, of Neelyton, > a member of the U.S. Army Air Force 856th Bomber > Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group, killed in action and > missing since World War II, is returning to Franklin > County for burial with full military honors. > > Born May 14, 1922, in Neelyton, he was a son of the > late Jesse Robert and Idona Jessie Piper Flood. He was > a 1941 graduate of the former Orbisonia High School, > and was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot prior to > entering the military. On Aug. 29, 1945, he was > posthumously awarded the Purple Heart with a > Presidential Accolade. > > He is survived by one brother, Richard L. Flood, of > Mifflintown, and a number of nieces, nephews, grand > nieces and grand nephews. In addition to his parents, > he was preceded in death by two sisters; Ruth Shaw and > Margaret Tice. > > Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, > Oct. 6, 2007, in the Agett Geisel Funeral Home, 18875 > Main St., Dry Run. Interment, with full military > honors, will follow in Upper Path Valley Cemetery. The > family will receive friends from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday > in the funeral home. > > Condolences may be expressed at > www.geiselfuneralhome.com > Section: Obituaries Posted: 10/3/2007