Spencer Frederick Case
Military
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UPL 38314
"Brigadier General Robert Travis with lead crew on a bombing mission to Stuttgart, Germany, pose in front of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 303rd Bomb Group, England. 6 September 1943."
Rear L-R: S/Sgt James E Schneider, S/Sgt Paul C Robillard, F/O Robert H Halpin, 1Lt Norman Nels Jacobsen, Maj Lewis E Lyle, 1Lt Jack B Fawcett, Brig Gen Brig General Robert F Travis, 1Lt Lawrence E Effinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Frederick J Green, T/Sgt Lloyd E Nordyke, Sgt Shuble A Boling, 1Lt Spencer Frederick Case.
Rear L-R: S/Sgt James E Schneider, S/Sgt Paul C Robillard, F/O Robert H Halpin, 1Lt Norman Nels Jacobsen, Maj Lewis E Lyle, 1Lt Jack B Fawcett, Brig Gen Brig General Robert F Travis, 1Lt Lawrence E Effinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Frederick J Green, T/Sgt Lloyd E Nordyke, Sgt Shuble A Boling, 1Lt Spencer Frederick Case.
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Satan's Workshop
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Rochester, Olmsted County, MN | 27 June 1915 | John Stewart and Dorothy Clara [Strobel] Case |
Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN | 14 January 1942 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
Died |
minneapolis, minnesota | 28 March 1997 | |
Buried |
Grandview Memorial Gardens, Rochester, MN | Grandview Memorial Gardens Rochester, Olmsted County, MN | |
Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
https://www.fold3.com/record/63526775-spencer-f-case
https://www.fold3.com/record/91797301-spencer-f-case
https://www.fold3.com/image/182053686?rec=182053946
https://www.fold3.com/record/625974259-spencer-case-1915
http://www.303rdbg.com/rost-cd.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40563167/spencer-frederick-case
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster