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Robert William Kuhfahl

Military

Assigned to 709BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD

Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 709th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group.

709th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Steve Joseph Hrabovsky

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13109373 / O-?
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group outside a Nissen hut briefing room at Horham, August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '"B" Briefing room, 95th Bomb Group (H) Horham, England "Full House" crew.'

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Omaha, NE	25 August 1921	Son of Elizabeth Kuhfahl.
Died		11 July 1969
Buried	Calvary Cemetery Omaha, Douglas County, NE	14 July 1969	Calvary Cemetery Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Based	Horham		Assigned to 709BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date17 May 2021 19:57:06

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/624017879
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179747479/robert-w.-kuhfahl

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:16

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945