Norman John Klima

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-30387.jpeg UPL 30387 S/Sgt Norman J Klima S/Sgt Norman J Klima

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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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Robert N Eloe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37461555
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Jesse Jackson Glawson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14140457
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert T McFarlane

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15321021
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

James R Opitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735640
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, Ohio 13 July 1918 BornCleveland, Ohio

Enlisted

Cleveland, Ohio 6 April 1942 EnlistedCleveland, Ohio

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Wesermuende-Gustemunde 20 December 1943 Killed in Action (KIA)Wesermuende-Gustemunde

Buried

Re-InterredNetherlands American Cemetery and MemorialPlot G, Row 12, Grave 23

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56300599/norman-john-klima

 

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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

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