Joseph Earnest Burger

Military
media-28194.jpeg UPL 28194 S/Sgt Joseph B. Burger (Engineer/Top Turret Gunner/ Flexible Gunner)
Donald S. Morrison Crew Robert. E. DeMille

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Object Number - UPL 28194 - S/Sgt Joseph B. Burger (Engineer/Top Turret Gunner/ Flexible Gunner) Donald S. Morrison Crew

Shot down on the 26 November 1943 mission to Bremen in B-17 #42-5051 'Barrel House Bessie'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.

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Earl Carter Mason

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19085247 at enlistment, then O-738778
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Donald Sylvester Morrison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735632
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Floyd Henry Ohlson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20243890 at enlistment, then O-683297
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Albert M Schamber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37300035
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Nathan Striesfeld

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  • Service Numbers: 32424264
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner

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Born

30 November 1921 New York State

Enlisted

7 July 1942 Albany, New York

Died

24 February 2003
Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York

Buried

Middleburgh Cemetery, Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York

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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=552

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1579 / MACR 1579, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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