Fred Theodore Kuehl

Military
media-36967.jpeg UPL 36967 "Major Snyder and lead crew on bombing mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany, beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Vicious Virgin". 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 3 February 1944."

Rear L-R: 1Lt John J. Reeder, 2Lt Dallas E. Kendall, Maj Edgar E Snyder, Capt Edward McSherry "Woodie" Woddrop, 1Lt Ingvald Magnus Iverson.

Front L-R: Unk, Unk, Sgt William Valis, T/Sgt Fred T. Kuehl, T/Sgt William A. Watts, Unk

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Object Number - UPL 36967 - "Major Snyder and lead crew on bombing mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany, beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Vicious Virgin". 427th Bomb...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Eckhart crew. On return from mission to Solingen, Germany, B-17 42-31243 ran out of fuel and ditched in the English Channel where ASR took them to Manston 1-Dec-43. Returned to Duty (RTD).



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31243

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

42-5341

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scarlet Harlot : Vat 69 : Vicious Virgin
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

13 December 1924

Died

Paso Robles, CA 3 March 2016

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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http://www.303rdbg.com/p-rost-st.html

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Combat Chronology, Losses of Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 402 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.303rdbga.com/427eckhart.html#

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