John Bernard Palmquist

Military
media-32798.jpeg UPL 32798 John Bernard Palmquist, Staff Sergeant, Ball Turret Gunner, 100th Bomb Group) Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 26 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

Object Number - UPL 32798 - John Bernard Palmquist, Staff Sergeant, Ball Turret Gunner, 100th Bomb Group)

Assigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x missions including 28-Apr-44 Sottevast (No Ball-V1 flying bomb mission).





Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

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

42-38053

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jenny Lee aka Cap'n Crow
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Red Oak, IA 51566, USA 23 October 1922 Son of John Leonard and Hannah Marie [Larson] Palmquist.

Enlisted

Camp Dodge, Herrold, IA 20 January 1943 Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa

Died

5 January 1997

Buried

Evergreen Cemetery Red Oak, Montgomery County, IA 8 January 1997 Evergreen Cemetery Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa

Based

Thorpe Abbotts Assigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107761922/john-bernard-palmquist

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 26 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

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ContributorTom
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Added first name John from https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&Itemid=…

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp

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