Edwin Frederick Bolgert

Military
media-49121.jpeg UPL 49121 1st Lt Edwin Frederick Bolgert, 82FS, 78FG

Object Number - UPL 49121 - 1st Lt Edwin Frederick Bolgert, 82FS, 78FG

Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 69 missions in P-47's. Completed Tour Duty (ETD).



Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Remained in the USAF rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Subsequently employed as a mechanical engineer in Kohler Company within the plumbing division until his retirement.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sheboygan, WI, USA 1 September 1921 Son of Samuel and Amalia [Engel] Bolgert.

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI, USA 12 August 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Other

Crashed

Airfield Ln, Pearland, TX 77581, USA 13 February 1944 Belly Landing due to Engine Failure out of Fuel 16 Miles SW Galveston, TX Cat 4 damage 2Lt Edwin F Bolgert, 13-Feb-44. P-47D 42-23281 - 517FBS 407FBG 2AF

Based

Duxford 27 June 1944 - 13 November 1944 Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK 15 September 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

End Tour Duty (ETD)

13 November 1944 Completed Tour Duty (ETD).

Died

Sheboygan, WI, USA 1 July 2010

Buried

Lutheran Cemetery Sheboygan Sheboygan County WI 4 July 2010 Lutheran Cemetery Sheboygan Sheboygan County Wisconsin, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Combined two entries for Edwin F Bolgert/Fred E Bolgert.
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list - had his name listed as Edwin F Bolgert.
This is confirmed by his obituary notice: http://www.memorialsolutions.com/sitemaker/sites/Balhor1/memsol.cgi?use…

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p132

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