Spencer Meyers Bomberger

Military

media-54840.jpeg UPL 54840 SSGT Spencer M. Bomberger
Aerial Gunner
340th BG - 487th BS - 9th AF
KIA 23 April 1943

photo taken in 1928

Object Number - UPL 54840 - SSGT Spencer M. Bomberger Aerial Gunner 340th BG - 487th BS - 9th AF KIA 23 April 1943 photo taken in 1928

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Reading, Pennsylvania	10 July 1910	Some sources list his birth year as 1909
	Wyommising, Pennsylvania	16 October 1940	1402 Garfield Avenue
Enlisted	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	4 June 1942
Died	near Sulayman, Tunisia	23 April 1943	On Good Friday, April 23, Lts. Flack and Johnson and their respective crews participated in a 12th – 340th attack on an enemy airdrome at Soliman [Tunisia], at dusk, after turning back from the same target earlier in the day because of failure of the fighter escort to meet them. In the evening, however, the required fighters were on hand to meet the bombers from El Maou, and accompanied by A-30’s (Baltimores) and A-20’s (Bostons) the raiders went through heavy flak to smash their target. Lt. Johnson’s plane was shot down in flames and he and his crew were recorded “Missing in Action.” With him were 1st Lt. William B. Hille, co-pilot; 1st Lt. Joseph F. Schooley, bombardier; T/Sgt. George B. French, and S/Sgt. Spencer Bomberger. No enemy aircraft were encountered” Source: War Diary, 487th Bombardment Squadron, 340th Bombardment Group, March 29, 1943 – August 31, 1943
Buried	North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial		No Known Grave Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery North Africa American Cemetery BP 346 Sidi Bou Said 2026 Tunis Tunisia

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