486th Bomb Squadron
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Donald Arnold Kruetzfeldt
Military
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TSGT Donald Arnold Kruetzfeldt Radio Operator/Gunner 340th BG - 486th BS - 12th AF
The missions listed in the bio were gleaned from mission records/load lists. The missions do not represent his complete combat mission record.
Service
Units served with
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340th Bomb Group
Group
Activated on 20 August 1942. The 340th Bombardment Group trained with B-25's for duty overseas. They arrived in the Mediterranean theater in March 1943. Assigned first to the Ninth Air Force and later (in August 1943) to the Twelfth. Served in combat...
Aircraft
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43-27487 The Devil's Helper
B-25 Mitchell
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43-27647 Little Bea Hind II
B-25 Mitchell
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43-27505 After Women Or Liquor (AWOL)
B-25 Mitchell
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43-27629 San Antoneo Rose
B-25 Mitchell
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43-27662 Out Of Bounds
B-25 Mitchell
Associated Place
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Alesan Airfield
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Norfolk, Nebraska | 5 September 1923 |
| Lived in | Burbank, California | 30 June 1942 |
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807 East Tujanga Worked for Lockheed-Vega Aircraft Corp. |
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| Enlisted | Los Angeles, CA | 24 February 1943 |
| Combat Mission | PIacenza, Italy | 1 October 1944 |
| Combat Mission | Faenza, Italy | 17 November 1944 |
| Combat Mission | Lavis, Italy | 22 December 1944 |
| Combat Mission | Rovereto, Italy | 26 December 1944 |
| Combat Mission | Borovnica, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) | 27 December 1944 |
| Combat Mission | Borovnica, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) | 28 December 1944 |
| Combat Mission | Mota di Livenza, Italy | 29 December 1944 |
| Combat Mission | Trento, Italy | 20 January 1945 |
| Combat Mission | Perca, Italy | 1 April 1945 |
| Died | Los Angeles, CA | 25 May 1995 |
| Buried | Sylmar, CA | 28 May 1995 |
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Glen Haven Memorial Park |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 January 2022 03:29:34 | 466thHistorian | Changes to biography |
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added note to bio |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 January 2022 00:51:13 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6551716:61817?tid=&pid... |
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