Norman Edwin Strom
Military
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Object Number - UPL 33420 - First Lieutenant Norman Edwin Strom, Pilot, 92nd Bomb Group
He was accepted into the Aviation Cadet program and trained as a pilot before being deployed to the 92nd at Podington. He flew on 35 missions in B-17s, mainly over Germany on one of which he lost three engines but managed to limp back and land at an emergency airfield after clearing the overcast at just 300 ft. He returned to the States in January 1945 to fly 'war-weary-' aircraft to airplane graveyards in the southwest before being discharged in January 1946.
DFC/ AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Des Moines, Iowa | 11 August 1917 |
Revisions
GENERAL ORDER # 643, 21 December 1944, from Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Turner.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
