Norman Edward Kottke
Military
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UPL 36913
"Menzel's crew of the 8th AF's 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 20 July 1944."
Rear L-R: 1Lt Arnold Raymond Menzel, 1Lt Charles P Bagley, Lt Frederick Thomas Nissen, 1Lt Norman Edward Kottke, T/Sgt William B Sutton
Front L-R: T/Sgt James S O'Doherty, S/Sgt Richard E Fletcher, S/Sgt Robert W Craver, S/Sgt John L Zasa
Rear L-R: 1Lt Arnold Raymond Menzel, 1Lt Charles P Bagley, Lt Frederick Thomas Nissen, 1Lt Norman Edward Kottke, T/Sgt William B Sutton
Front L-R: T/Sgt James S O'Doherty, S/Sgt Richard E Fletcher, S/Sgt Robert W Craver, S/Sgt John L Zasa
Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Misburg in B-17 42-97740 26-Nov-44; Baled out Oberschoenhagen, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11146
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Gibbon, Minnesota | 18 September 1916 | Son of Reinhold Gustave and Erna Amanda [Stuber] Kottke. |
Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, Minnesota, MN | 23 April 1942 | Fort Snelling Minnesota |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 26 November 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Baled out POW |
Detmold, Germany | 26 November 1944 | |
Died |
Blue Earth County, MN | 8 June 1979 | |
Buried |
Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Stewart, MN | 13 June 1979 | Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery Stewart, McLeod County, MN |
Based |
Nuthampstead | 26 November 1944 | Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |