John Klotz

Military
media-25347.jpeg UPL 25347 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bomb Group, 8th AF, enroute towards Bremen, Germany, fly high above heavy cloud banks at 27,000 feet altitude. 20 Dec. 1943.

20 December 1943: B-17F 42-29837 "Lady Luck" (coded DF-A) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG heads home from a trip to Bremen. She flew her final combat sortie on 25 February 1944 to Augsburg with Lt John Klotz's crew, and returned to the States for a War Bond tour. She was scrapped at Stillwater, OK at war's end.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A19627-A61044AC.

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Object Number - UPL 25347 - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bomb Group, 8th AF, enroute towards Bremen, Germany, fly high above heavy cloud banks at 27,000 feet...

Flew 25 missions, went home, went back as air instructor/ The Liberty Belle



Air Medal, DFC,

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cinncinatti, Ohio 12 July 1915

Died

19 April 1999

Buried

Rest Haven in Blue Ash, Ohio

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91st BG / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 25347 - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bomb...