Irving Birkenholtz

Military
media-49636.jpeg UPL 49636 NAFIUS CREW. 360TH BOMB SQUAD., 303RD BOMB GROUP, MOLESWORTH:
(Back L-R) 1Lt Verner Harry Nafius (P), 2Lt Richard L. "Spider" Smith (CP),
1Lt Sidney L. George (N), 1Lt James E. Cummins (B)
(Front L-R) Sgt Charles G. Davies (WG), Sgt Roy K. Rydquist (WG), T/Sgt Irving Birkenholz (R),
S/Sgt Richard R. Ellis (E), Sgt James E. McGinley (BT), Sgt Billy B. Jinkens (TG)

http://www.303rdbg.com/news/2012-05-17.html (The Molesworth Pilot; 303rd Bomb Group Newsletter)

Object Number - UPL 49636 - NAFIUS CREW. 360TH BOMB SQUAD., 303RD BOMB GROUP, MOLESWORTH: (Back L-R) 1Lt Verner Harry Nafius (P), 2Lt Richard L. "Spider" Smith (CP), 1Lt...

Remember being wounded over Ludwigshaven in Sept 44. Most everything is vague now except that I was always cold during missions, even in summer. completed 35 missions. Wounded. Still in touch with fellow crew, Richard Smith and Jim Cummins.



Air Medal, Purple Heart, DFC

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

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Born

New York City, New York 10 July 1921

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self/son, http://303rdbg.com/rost-ab.html">http://303rdbg.com/rost-ab.html>

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