Norbert Donald Koll

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21669.jpeg UPL 21669 Norbert D Koll - Mapleton, 91st BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

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

Object Number - UPL 21669 - Norbert D Koll - Mapleton, 91st BG, KIA

Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen 21-May-43 in B-17 42-3053, 1st mission as pilot in command; enemy aircraft set ship afire, crashed Hogebarg, near Wittmundenhafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4438



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12030934
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Desperate Journey
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mapleton, Iowa, USA 13 May 1919 Son of Albert Valentine and Luella C [Van Dan Acker] Koll.

Enlisted

Fort Crook, NE 7 November 1941 Fort Crook, Nebraska

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Wittmundenhafen, Germany 21 May 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen 21-May-43 in B-17 42-3053; shot down crashed Hogebarg. KIA MACR 4438

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, KY 19 October 1950 Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Based

Bassingbourn 21 May 1943 Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Training

Kelley Field, TX Basic Flight training - Kelley Field Texas

Other

Training

Gardner Field, CA Elementary Flight training - Gardner Field, California

Other

Training

Williams Field, AZ Advanced Flight training - Williams Field, Arizona

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4438 / MACR 4438, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 128 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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