Spencer Frederick Case
Military
Rear L-R: S/Sgt James E Schneider, S/Sgt Paul C Robillard, F/O Robert H Halpin, 1Lt Norman Nels Jacobsen, Maj Lewis E Lyle, 1Lt Jack B Fawcett, Brig Gen Brig General Robert F Travis, 1Lt Lawrence E Effinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Frederick J Green, T/Sgt Lloyd E Nordyke, Sgt Shuble A Boling, 1Lt Spencer Frederick Case.
Object Number - UPL 38314 - "Brigadier General Robert Travis with lead crew on a bombing mission to Stuttgart, Germany, pose in front of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 303rd...
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: 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
Aircraft
![Ground personnel of the 303rd Bomb Group prepare to load bombs and ammunition into a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Satan's Workshop". Passed as censored, then marked as 'Confidential' 27 Aug 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '303BG.' On reverse: 'Confidential Until Re-Classified By Censor' and US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407608.jpg.webp?itok=L4yllyAy)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Satan's Workshop
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Rochester, Olmsted County, MN | 27 June 1915 | John Stewart and Dorothy Clara [Strobel] Case |
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Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN | 14 January 1942 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
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Died |
minneapolis, minnesota | 28 March 1997 | |
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Buried |
Grandview Memorial Gardens, Rochester, MN | Grandview Memorial Gardens Rochester, Olmsted County, MN | |
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Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/63526775-spencer-f-case
https://www.fold3.com/record/91797301-spencer-f-case
https://www.fold3.com/image/182053686?rec=182053946
https://www.fold3.com/record/625974259-spencer-case-1915
http://www.303rdbg.com/rost-cd.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40563167/spencer-frederick-case
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster
