Norman Edward Kottke

Military
media-36913.jpeg 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

Object Number - 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...

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

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • 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.

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 11146 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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