John Klotz
Military
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UPL 25347
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bomb Group, 8th AF, enroute towards Bremen, Germany, fly high above heavy cloud banks at 27,000 feet altitude. 20 Dec. 1943.
20 December 1943: B-17F 42-29837 "Lady Luck" (coded DF-A) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG heads home from a trip to Bremen. She flew her final combat sortie on 25 February 1944 to Augsburg with Lt John Klotz's crew, and returned to the States for a War Bond tour. She was scrapped at Stillwater, OK at war's end.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A19627-A61044AC.
20 December 1943: B-17F 42-29837 "Lady Luck" (coded DF-A) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG heads home from a trip to Bremen. She flew her final combat sortie on 25 February 1944 to Augsburg with Lt John Klotz's crew, and returned to the States for a War Bond tour. She was scrapped at Stillwater, OK at war's end.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A19627-A61044AC.
Flew 25 missions, went home, went back as air instructor/ The Liberty Belle
Air Medal, DFC,
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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
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cinncinatti, Ohio | 12 July 1915 | |
Died |
19 April 1999 | ||
Buried |
Rest Haven in Blue Ash, Ohio |
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91st BG / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia