Hershell Elrod Joseph Streit
Military
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Leo A Chruby, Col Herschel Streit, Lt Jesse R Pitts, Lt Robert J Marcott, Lt Lawrence Kundin, Sgt Raymond W Finicle, Sgt James E Williams, Sgt John E Snell.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Mike R Boyovich, Unkn, Unkn, Sgt Lopez, Sgt Stanley Robert Owens.
Object Number - UPL 39091 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 5 March 1944." Rear L-R:...
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), DUC, 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: Penny Ante
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Sylacauga, Alabama | 19 July 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Jacksonville, FL | 18 June 1942 | Jacksonville, Florida NoK:- P D Streit. |
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Died |
Gainesville, FL | 14 February 2013 | |
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Buried |
Evergreen Cemetery Gainesville, Alachua County, FL | 18 February 2013 | Evergreen Cemetery Gainesville, Alachua County, FL |
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
