Jerome F Fuhr
Military
V-Mail sent from Lieutenant Norman T Rosholt to Captain Clarke Kimball, Operations Officer of the 452nd Bomb Group, 17 May 1945.
Transcription: 'Sirs,
Regret to inform you that D'Amor was killed, Galusha was seriously injured and Enroughty is missing as of March 21st. Hoffman, Fuhr, Syvertsen, Hare, Collins and I are okay and here in France. Old 42-97977 is in a thousand pieces.
Say Kimball, can you please check on our clothes and see if they are on the way home. Thanks a lot.
In case you are wondering, we received three flak bursts directly under our ship and one on the waist which knocked out control cables, auto pilot, turn tabs and no 1 + 4 engines. Only made it to Holland.
Best of luck and thanks a lot.
Norman.'
Transcribed letter and associated Capt Kimball.
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Object Number - UPL 7510 - 1945, May 17: Letter to Operations V-Mail sent from Lieutenant Norman T Rosholt to Captain Clarke Kimball, Operations Officer of the 452nd Bomb...
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Munster in B-17 'Rose-Etta' #4297977
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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: Rose-Etta
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cheviot, Ohio, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 21 March 1945 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13533 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
