Robert Blacker
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
35 missions June 1944 to November 1944
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Alfred H Boehme
Military
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Boehme's Crew - 602nd Squadron - 19 July 1944 Back Row (viewer's left to right): T/Sgt. Robert L. Knowles, Radio 2nd Lt. Robert M. Blacker, CoPilot 2nd Lt. Alfred H. Boehme, Pilot 2nd Lt. James S. Yip, Navigator Front Row (viewer's left to right): S/Sgt. Jack J. Withrow, Tail gunner T/Sgt. Norbert Greene, Engineer S/Sgt. Ray C. Jendrzejewski, Waist Gunner S/Sgt. Robert Rowland, Ball Turret Regular crew members missing from photo: 2nd Lt. Steve Horvath, Bombardier Phil Sorensen, Waist Gunner Flew with this crew this day, but not in photo: S/Sgt. J.R. Pendland, Togglier
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Herb Boehme-B17
Flew 35 missions in 1944 with the 398th BG from Nuthampstead.
Service
People
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Norbert Greene
Military | Technical Sergeant | 398th Bomb Group
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Stephen Horvath
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 398th Bomb Group
Wounded in action 7 July 1944 on Leipzig mission Purple Heart (11 July 1944); air medal 23 Aug 1944 -
Raymond Jendrzejewski
Military | Staff Sergeant | 398th Bomb Group
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Robert Knowles
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 398th Bomb Group
35 missions. DFC/ AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO/ GC/ WW II VM/ ATO -
Robert Rowland
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball-turret gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Bob Rowland flew 35 missions in 1944 with the 398th BG from Nuthampstead. air medal In 2017, Bob was awarded the French Legion d'Honneur. -
Philip Sorensen
Military | Staff Sergeant | 398th Bomb Group
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Jack Withrow
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on 3 February 1945 near Kahlstorf (Lehmke), Germany in B-17 'Maude an Maria' #42-97387. -
James Yip
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 398th Bomb Group
Completed 35 combat missions from 27 June to 17 October 1944. DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DUC/ EAME
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398th Bomb Group
Group
The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allies... -
602nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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Nuthampstead
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...
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| 08 June 2019 11:59:01 | RayWells | Changes to person associations |
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| 12 April 2018 22:18:29 | kboehme | Changes to awards |
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Kerry Boehme |
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| 12 April 2018 22:17:11 | kboehme | Changes to biography |
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Kerry Boehme |
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| 12 April 2018 21:36:57 | kboehme | Changes to service number, biography and awards |
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Kerry Boehme |
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| 12 April 2018 21:25:11 | kboehme | Changes to nickname, highest rank and role |
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Kerry Boehme |
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| 27 September 2014 18:03:21 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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398th History, Vol 1 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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