Bernard H Koenig

Military
Technical Sergeant Bernard H. Koenig of the 303rd Bomb Group, cleans his boots. Passed for publication 9 Apr 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'T/Sergt. Bernard H. Koenig, serving as a gunner with the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain, cleans some of England's mud from his shoes. Aged 20, Sergt. Koenig was formerly a student at Spencer, Nebr., his home town. His father, Mr. Adam L. Koenig, resides there. Sergt. Koenig has been on nine raids and holds the Air Medal & Oak Leaf Cluster. U.48. Not to be publishe media-407495.jpg FRE 4148 Technical Sergeant Bernard H. Koenig of the 303rd Bomb Group, cleans his boots. Passed for publication 9 Apr 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'T/Sergt. Bernard H. Koenig, serving as a gunner with the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain, cleans some of England's mud from his shoes. Aged 20, Sergt. Koenig was formerly a student at Spencer, Nebr., his home town. His father, Mr. Adam L. Koenig, resides there. Sergt. Koenig has been on nine raids and holds the Air Medal & Oak Leaf Cluster. U.48. Not to be published before 20th April 1943.' On reverse: Current Affairs Ltd, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps]. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4148 - Technical Sergeant Bernard H. Koenig of the 303rd Bomb Group, cleans his boots. Passed for publication 9 Apr 1943. Printed caption on reverse:...

Evaded. . Shot down by fighters 4 July 1943 in B-17 #425792 'The Mugger'. With one engine on fire, plane crashed outised Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, France, where a monument was erected to Pilot Robert O'Connor and Bombardier Richard Peterson who were killed.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-5792

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Mugger
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey pp. 175-6

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Technical Sergeant Bernard H. Koenig of the 303rd Bomb Group, cleans his boots. Passed for publication 9 Apr 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'T/Sergt. Bernard H. Koenig, serving as a gunner with the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain, cleans some of England's mud from his shoes. Aged 20, Sergt. Koenig was formerly a student at Spencer, Nebr., his home town. His father, Mr. Adam L. Koenig, resides there. Sergt. Koenig has been on nine raids and holds the Air Medal & Oak Leaf Cluster. U.48. Not to be publishe

Object number: FRE 4148 - Technical Sergeant Bernard H. Koenig of the 303rd...

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