Christopher Norman Holweger
MilitaryJo Holweger Spencer, only child of Norman Holweger.
Assigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Member of David Kilpatrick crew. Flew Ploesti mission 1-Aug-43 in B-24 41-24311 'Hadleys Harem'; ditched, interned (INT) Turkey
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
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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: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661482
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693994
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Hadley's Harem
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Warren County, OH | 26 July 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH | 17 August 1942 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
Other Interned (INT) |
Turkey | 1 August 1943 | Interned (INT), Turkey |
Other Ditched INT |
Off Antalya, Turkey | 1 August 1943 | Flew Ploesti mission 1-Aug-43 in B-24 41-24311 'Hadleys Harem'; ditched, interned (INT) |
Died |
Middletown, OH | 30 June 1955 | |
Buried |
Woodside Cemetery Middletown, Butler County, OH | Woodside Cemetery Middletown, Butler County, Ohio | |
Based |
Eye | Assigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Jo Holweger Spencer, only child of Sgt. Christopher Norman Holweger
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia