Elmer Lee Koelling
Military
Rear L-R: 2Lt Edmund H Lutz, 2Lt,Frank A Banell, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, 2Lt Andrew B Creo.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.
Crew for 24-Mar-44 in B-17 42-30720 were 2Lt Andrew B Creo (P), 2Lt Edmund H Lutz (CP), 2Lt Frank A Banell (N), S/Sgt Carl B Christensen (Tog), Sgt's William M Martin (TT), Howard C Damon (RO), Elmer L Koelling (BT), Billy J Hancock (RW), Russell Boyd (LW), Lawrence E Becker (TG).
Object Number - UPL 40013 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944." Rear...
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. ETD.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 9 February 1943 | Los Angeles California |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
21 December 1944 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Born |
Indiana, USA | Son of Ira Koelling | |
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |