Staff Sgt. Robert J. Flood 1922-1945, Remains Come Home after 60 years To: PA Juniata Rootsweb <pajuniat-l@rootsweb.com>, PA Mifflin Rootsweb <pamiffli-l@rootsweb.com>, Flood Rootsweb <flood-l@rootsweb.com>, PA Franklin County Rootsweb <pafrankl@rootsweb.com>, PA Huntingdon County Rootsweb <pahuntin@rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <91218.6661.qm@web54202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Veteran’s remains make it back home http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=8937 By Frank Jost, Sentinel reporter 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 Robert's Grandfather was George Henry "Howard Flood, G-Grandfather was Emanuel Flot(t), GG-Grandfather was Jean "Daniel" Flott, GGG-Grandfather was Jean Flott from Wembach, Germany.