Michael Irvin Berkowitz
Military
Top row, left to right: Alfred Rabo (Pilot), Fred Gilbert (Co-Pilot), Victor Prendinger (Navigator), Mike Berkowitz (Bombardier, with dig), William A Jones (Tail Gunner)
Bottom row, left to right; Edmund Gates (Flight Engineer), Charles Peterson (Ball Turret Gunner), "Johnson" (Waist Gunner), Thomas Kon (Radio Operator), Henry Kwaseske (Waist Gunner)
Photograph taken from Fold3, as well as crew positions in photo
Object Number - UPL 52150 - Lt. Alfred Rabo's crew, 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. Taken 23 November, 1942, in front of B-17 41-24615 "Target For Tonite". Top row,...
Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Would rise to the rank of Colonel in the United States Air Force, seeing service in the Korean War.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18053866
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Air Transport Command 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33076876
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12046208 / O-87234
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
![Ground crew work of the 305th Bomb Group work on the engines of a B-17 Flying Fortress, nicknamed "Target for Tonite". Handwritten caption on reverse: '30/6/43. 305[BG].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407692.jpg.webp?itok=Vkvl3p1l)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Superior, Wisconsin, USA | 10 December 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, Minnesota, USA | 4 January 1942 | Enlisted as an Aviation Cadet with the serial number 16022486 |
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Died |
Sacramento, California, USA | 12 March 1993 | |
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Buried |
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA | 15 March 1993 | Buried in San Francisco National Cemetery |
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Based |
Chelveston | Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |