Donald Francis Kremper

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Nordhorn, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30378 'Good Time Cholly III'. Wounded. Prisoner of War (POW) until 7 May 1945 at Stalag Luft VI, IV.



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH/ POW/ ETO/ WW II VM

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30378

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wolf Pack, Good Time Cholly III
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kingston, New York 11 May 1924

Died

25 May 2018

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 February 1944

Revisions

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ContributorNormaze3
Changes
Sources

8th AF News - September 2018

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2386 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 2386, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces