Norman Nels Jacobsen

Military
media-36773.jpeg UPL 36773 "Lead crew on bombing mission to Dresden, Germany, in front of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 14 February 1945."

Rear L-R: Capt Norman Nels Jacobsen, 1Lt Rufus S Charlton, Capt Nelson Boyd "Moose" O'Beirne, 1Lt Francis G. Downey, Capt Bernard C. Fontana
Front L-R: F/O James Hodges Hardy, S/Sgt Ralph V Evans, T/Sgt Raymond C King, T/Sgt Robert N Perry, T/Sgt Thomas L Weems

Object Number - UPL 36773 - "Lead crew on bombing mission to Dresden, Germany, in front of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 14...

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Event Location Date Description

Born

16 March 1922

Enlisted

31 December 1941

Died

Kent, WA 22 October 2011

Buried

Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, WA 25 October 2011 Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, Washington, USA Section 5 982A

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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