Christopher Norman Holweger

Military
media-57058.jpeg UPL 57058 Norman Holweger on left with their B-24 Bomber, Hadley's Harem.

Jo Holweger Spencer, only child of Norman Holweger.

Object Number - UPL 57058 - Norman Holweger on left with their B-24 Bomber, Hadley's Harem.

Assigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Member of David Kilpatrick crew. Flew Ploesti mission 1-Aug-43 in B-24 41-24311 'Hadleys Harem'; ditched, interned (INT) Turkey



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-661482
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693994
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Hadley's Harem
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Warren County, OH 26 July 1920

Enlisted

Cincinnati, OH 17 August 1942 Cincinnati, Ohio

Other

Interned (INT)

Turkey 1 August 1943 Interned (INT), Turkey

Other

Ditched INT

Off Antalya, Turkey 1 August 1943 Flew Ploesti mission 1-Aug-43 in B-24 41-24311 'Hadleys Harem'; ditched, interned (INT)

Died

Middletown, OH 30 June 1955

Buried

Woodside Cemetery Middletown, Butler County, OH Woodside Cemetery Middletown, Butler County, Ohio

Based

Eye Assigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Jo Holweger Spencer, only child of Sgt. Christopher Norman Holweger

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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