James Hart Kugler

Military
Two men in uniform inside an aircraft .  Both are wearing headphones.  The man in the foreground is turning dials on a machine. UPL 67677 UPL 67677 Front to rear: Donald O. Loomis, Navigator, and James H. Kugler, Waist Gunner, Koch Crew, 547th BS, 384th BG.
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Object Number - UPL 67677 - Front to rear: Donald O. Loomis, Navigator, and James H. Kugler, Waist Gunner, Koch Crew, 547th BS, 384th BG.

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Bob Koch crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13096771 / O-813017
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  There are canvas bags on the ground in front of the men
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 38370030
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38483060
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hot After It
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Altoona, Pennsylvania 16 November 1924 Son of Clara V [Hart] and James M Kugler.

Enlisted

Altoona, PA 4 March 1943 Altoona, Pennsylvania

Other

Promotion

Grafton Underwood, UK 26 June 1944 Promoted to Staff Sergeant.

Died

Wilmington, DE 26 April 2020

Buried

Carson Valley Cemetery, Duncansville, Blair County, PA 29 April 2020 Carson Valley Cemetery Duncansville, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

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