John Robert Conde was born on October 19, 1920 in Iowa. He served in the 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator of an aircraft during World War II. John was one of nine crew members who perished on 8 June 1944 when a fire ignited a bomb aboard their B-17 Flying Super Fortress bomber, "Double Trouble," causing a midair explosion over England. Initially interred in the squadron's cemetery near Cambridge, England, their remains were subsequently returned to the U.S. and was buried in a single grave. Tsgt Conde was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

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