Frederick C Bofink
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: Daniel A Bradley, Fred C Bofink, Henry E Salmons, Fred Lemke.
Front L-R: Gordon Elmore, Leslie Cazzell, James Albright, Olsen, John Koiiada, Johnston.
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 406BS, 801BG, 8AF USAAF. Crash landing at RAF Oulton in B-24 42-94775 18-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC). PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16089661 / O-696381
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: War Eagle
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron 4th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 21 September 1942 | Detroit, Michigan |
Died |
Oulton, Norwich NR11, UK | 18 November 1944 | Crash landing at RAF Oulton in B-24H 42-94775 18-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
19 November 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Born |
Jackson, Michigan | Son of Harold Erwin and Dorothy Marie [Zerman] Bofink. | |
Based |
Harrington | Assigned to 492BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Harrington | 18 November 1944 | Transferred to 406BS, 801BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Woodland Cemetery Jackson, Jackson County, MI | Re-Interred Woodland Cemetery Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan |
Revisions
GENERAL ORDER # 649, 23 December 1944, from Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Turner.
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Combat Chronology Supplements p. 542, 242 , http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia