John Martin Kohler Jr

Military

Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 35 x missions. ETD

 

Mission List: Saarbrucken, Saleux, Brunswick, Kiel, Mery-Sur-Oise, Amiens, Oslebshausen, St Lo, St Lo, Erfurt, Koblenz, Troarn, Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Munich, Munich, Zid Beveland, Bernburg, Kiel, Beaumont Le Roger, Doullens, St Cyr, Berlin, Politz, Autheux, Bremerhaven, Chateaudun, Angers, Caen, Colleville
Berck, Brussells, Rotenburg, Zietz,Belfort

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME 9£BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Lone Ranger
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buffalo, New York 30 August 1920 BornBuffalo, New York

Enlisted

Nashville Ac Facilities Tennessee 1 March 1943 EnlistedNashville Ac Facilities Tennessee

Based

Shipdham, UK 22 May 1944 - 13 August 1944 Joined Sqd 22-May-44.Trans/70 RD 13-Aug-44.

Other

Promoted

6 July 1944 Promoted 1st Lt

Other

Discharged

15 September 1945

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd