Leland E Forsblad

Military
media-51362.jpeg UPL 51362 Stric Nine (42-29475 OR-R) Biggs Crew, 323rd BS, 91st BG
BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT:
Sgt. John Stephenson, Ball Turret; Sgt. Bernard Zimmerman, Radio Operator; Sgt. Herman Balzer, Top Turret; lt. John W. Cheshire, Bombardier; Lt. Richard W. Gill, Navagator; Lt. John J. Bennett, Co-Pilot; Lt. Leland E. Forsblad, Pilot.
FRONT ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT:
Sgt. Harold K. Olson, Tail Gunner; Sgt. John L. Fielder, Waist Gunner; Sgt. Joseph D'Ovidio, Waist Gunner

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Object Number - UPL 51362 - Stric Nine (42-29475 OR-R) Biggs Crew, 323rd BS, 91st BG BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: Sgt. John Stephenson, Ball Turret; Sgt. Bernard Zimmerman,...

Shot down 10 July 1943 in B-17 42-29475 'Stric Nine. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



Forsblad joined the 91st BG in April 1943 and was shot down on his 16th mission. While at Stalag Luft 111 he was camp music officer, running the band. After the war he studied music at the University of Southern California and wrote many works for orchestra and chorus. He considered his major work to be a tone poem entitled 'The Eighth Air Force Memorial' a work which incorporated the sounds of war.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-29475

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stric Nine
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 10 July 1943 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Born

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Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 7A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Leland Forsblad.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 34 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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