Herbert E Kalhoefer
MilitaryAssigned to 303BG/359BS on 23-Jun-42 at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Arrived at Molesworth on 25-Oct-42. Biography UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
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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
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Group |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 23 June 1942 | Assigned as a Co-Pilot with 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, New Mexico. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 October 1942 | Arrived with the 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK. |
Other Mission #1 1LT Herbert E. Kalhoefer, w/B17-F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie:, 303BG/359BS as a substitute for CP George C. Woodman on a mission to bomb the U-boat pens at St. Nazaire France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2 1LT Herbert E. Kalhoefer, w/B17-F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie:, 303BG/359BS as a substitute for CP George C. Woodman on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mecahnical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Assigend to Group event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Personnel Roster: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added beginning of Summary Biography and made connections to 41-24566 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K