Ragnar A Kvickstrom
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29-Jan-44 in B-17F 42-3545. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2257
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13059914 / O-743099
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lizbeth II
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Frankfurt, Germany | 29 January 1944 | Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29-Jan-44 in B-17F 42-3545. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2257 |
Born |
Massachusetts, USA | ||
Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot A Row 43 Grave 8 | ||
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Horham | 29 January 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2257 / MACR 2257, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database