Norbert John Kuper
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 9 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Utrecht, Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into English channel. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12077925 / O-831280
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Better Duck
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Evader
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Section 8
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Glennonville, MO | 29 October 1924 | Son of Albert John and Otilda T [Eberhard] Kuper. |
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Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, MO | 5 January 1944 | Jefferson Barracks, Missouri |
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Died |
Off Benacre Ness | 7 May 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Utrecht, Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into English channel. KIA |
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Buried |
8 May 1945 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Based |
Horham | 7 May 1945 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Saint Teresas Cemetery Glennonville, Dunklin County, MO | Re-Interred Saint Teresas Cemetery Glennonville, Dunklin County, Missouri |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia