John Thomas Dobler

Military
John Dobler UPL 71938 UPL 71938 2nd Lt John T. Dobler

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Object Number - UPL 71938 - 2nd Lt John T. Dobler

Assigned to 828BS, 485BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to return Linz, Austria 20-Jan-45 in B-24 42-52718 'Valiant Lady'; ran low on fuel, heading for the emergency strip on Viz Island, Yugoslavia. Engines cut out 2 miles short of the runway and was ditched into Viz harbour, whereupon the ship broke into two and sank. The crew at the front of the ship drowned including John. Killed in Action (KIA)

 

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-41068) of the 485th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Yellow? 44-41068.'

485th Bomb Group

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

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Born

14 Jun 1916

14 June 1916 BornSt Joseph, Missouri

Enlisted

2 October 1942 EnlistedOmaha, Nebraska

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John Dobler

Object number: UPL 71938 - 2nd Lt John T. Dobler

John Dobler

Object number: UPL 71941 - Av Cadet John T. Dobler