Norman John Klima
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
MicheL Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH
Object Number - UPL 30387 - S/Sgt Norman J Klima
LWG, Crosson crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 20-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31075 'The Rebel'. Mission #51 to Bremen, Germany. MACR 1722. S/Sgt Klima was shot in the stomach in the aircraft. Killed in Action (KIA). Originally interred in the Cemetery of Army Post Wesermuende-Gustemunde. Section III, Field E, Row 1, Grave 14. Buried in the Netherlands AMC.
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31111020
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33249598
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736617
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-737546
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670025
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Rebel
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cleveland, Ohio | 13 July 1918 | BornCleveland, Ohio |
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Enlisted |
Cleveland, Ohio | 6 April 1942 | EnlistedCleveland, Ohio |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wesermuende-Gustemunde | 20 December 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA)Wesermuende-Gustemunde |
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Buried |
Re-InterredNetherlands American Cemetery and MemorialPlot G, Row 12, Grave 23 |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1722 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1722 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
