Marvin Robert Kravet
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 44865 - 1st Lt Marvin Robert Kravet, 547BS, 384BG.
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Transferred to 15th AF.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16006483
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39162536 / O-691966
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12193753
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-684311
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Duchess : Dynamite Express
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New Haven, CT | 16 April 1917 | Son of Harry and Sophie Kravet. |
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Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 16 October 1941 | Hartford, Connecticut |
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Died |
Fort Lauderdale, FL | 17 June 1999 | |
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Buried |
Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens East, Hollywood, Broward County, FL | 21 June 1999 | Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens East Hollywood, Broward County, Florida |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Transferred |
Transferred to 15th AF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/5325370-marvin-r-kravet
https://www.fold3.com/record/85500250-marvin-r-kravet
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2188
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191822440/marvin-robert-kravet
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https://www.fold3.com/record/5325370-marvin-r-kravet
https://www.fold3.com/record/85500250-marvin-r-kravet
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2188
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191822440/marvin-robert-kravet
https://www.fold3.com/image/606248050
https://www.fold3.com/image/197439645
https://www.fold3.com/record/5325370-marvin-r-kravet
https://www.fold3.com/record/85500250-marvin-r-kravet
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2188
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191822440/marvin-robert-kravet
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
