Ralph Christian Bohlsson

Military

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Police examine the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crashed in Felixstowe. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Police / 100BG Felixstowe.' Second handwritten caption: ' 100BG. Hansard Fort - Felixstowe.'

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bachelor's Heaven
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

29 April 1919 Parents: Christian Bohlsson and Edna Bohlsson née Fluor

Enlisted

30 September 1940

Died

1 August 2007

Buried

5 August 2007

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Added an Association to Ralph Bohlsson listed in the A/C #42-97561 description section.

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IWM

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Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration

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National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Number: 02052; Reel: 62

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Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia