Donald Vernon Kolar

Military

Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x missions. ETD

 

Mission List: Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Gaggenau, Nijmegen, Kassel
Osnabruck, Cologne, Madgeburg, Nuremburg, Cologne, Stargard, Politz, Cologne, Mannhein, Hamburg, Bielefield, Munster, Harburg, Frankfurt, Eschweiler, Merseburg.

 

Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Carl Louis Stahl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31192

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 509th Bomb Squadron

43-37727

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

17 August 1923 BornDuluth, Minnesota

Died

8 April 2013

Buried/ Commemorated

11 April 2013 InterredAlexander City CemeteryAlexander City, Alabama

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/530137828/donald-v-kolar-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/84441255/donald-v-kolar-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

http://www.351st.org/personnel.php

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108168882/donald-vernon-kolar

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139492831?objectPage=382

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https://www.fold3.com/record/530137828/donald-v-kolar-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/84441255/donald-v-kolar-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

http://www.351st.org/personnel.php

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108168882/donald-vernon-kolar

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139492831?objectPage=382

 

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/