Erwin Koppel

Military
media-7437.jpeg UPL 7437 Frederick Mueller Crew
445th BG - 700th BS

Standing Left to Right: Ben Weiss (WG), Elvis J. Brassfield (NG), Staton Wallace (BTG), William Huff (FE), Max Loflin (TG), Tommy Wehr (R/O)

Kneeling Left to Right: Robert Pipher (N), William Craggs (CP), Frederick Mueller (P), Erwin Koppel (B)

Photo taken at Carlsbad Caverns, NM in July 1943

Crew was formed at Hobbs Army Air Field near Hobbs, NM.

NARA Records.

Object Number - UPL 7437 - Frederick Mueller Crew 445th BG - 700th BS Standing Left to Right: Ben Weiss (WG), Elvis J. Brassfield (NG), Staton Wallace (BTG), William Huff...

air medal with 6 OAK leaf clusters; ETO with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Frederick E Mueller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 25 February 1923

Revisions

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Chris Brassfield

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Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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