Albert Shimek
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
Mentioned numerous times in "Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier" written by his Bombardier Leonard Streitfeld.
Military
Details in book written by his Bombardier Leonard Streitfeld in "Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier".
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
Mentioned numerous times in "Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier" written by his Bombardier Leonard Streitfeld.
Group
The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allies...
Squadron
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Born | Berea, Kentucky |
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18 March 2022 21:05:34 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “Streitfeld” was misspelled. |
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18 March 2022 17:48:15 | jmoore43 | Changes to role |
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Updated the Role per page 116 in the book "Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier" by Leonard Streitfeld. |
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17 March 2022 20:30:28 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography and person associations |
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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability. |
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27 September 2014 18:10:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier |