Lambert R Brostrom

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21253.jpeg UPL 21253 Lambert P Brostrom - Sioux City, 91st BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21253 - Lambert P Brostrom - Sioux City, 91st BG, KIA

Shot up by a fighter and made an emergency landing north of Lingen, GR on a mission to target airfields in the Rheine/Osnabruck area of GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-3040 'Miss Ouachita'. Killed in Action (KIA). Killed during fighter attack.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Miss Ouachita"of the 91st Bomb Group.

42-3040

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Ouachita
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Buried

Iowa

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 21 February 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2457 / MACR 2457, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 21253 - Lambert P Brostrom - Sioux City, 91st BG, KIA