Robert H Kratt | American Air Museum

Robert H Kratt

Military

Assigned to 257BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 35 missions.

Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group.

527th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-37805

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Carol Dawn
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Kimbolton

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Wayne County, MI, USA	1 March 1921
Enlisted	Detroit, MI, USA	24 August 1942	Detroit MI
Died	Clearwater, FL, USA	19 August 2004
Based	Kimbolton		Assigned to 257BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	4423-4453 Middlebelt Rd, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48323, USA		Pine Lake Cemetery West Bloomfield Oakland County, MI

Revisions

Date14 Jan 2018 17:56:14

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

http://www.379thbga.org/Looking4%201380-1371.htm
https://www.fold3.com/page/84433229-robert-h-kratt/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/44722186-robert-h-kratt
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98150828/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183002912/robert-h.-kratt

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:32

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 161. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia