Herbert E Kalhoefer

Military

Assigned to 303BG/359BS on 23-Jun-42 at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Arrived at Molesworth on 25-Oct-42. Biography UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Zombie
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Knock-out Dropper
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Assigned to Group

Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA 23 June 1942 Assigned as a Co-Pilot with 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, New Mexico.

Other

Arrived in UK

Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 25 October 1942 Arrived with the 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK.

Other

Mission #1 1LT Herbert E. Kalhoefer, w/B17-F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS

Saint-Nazaire, France 18 November 1942 Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie:, 303BG/359BS as a substitute for CP George C. Woodman on a mission to bomb the U-boat pens at St. Nazaire France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #2 1LT Herbert E. Kalhoefer, w/B17-F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - Aborted

Rouen, France 12 December 1942 Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie:, 303BG/359BS as a substitute for CP George C. Woodman on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mecahnical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Assigend to Group event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Personnel Roster: http://www.303rdbg.com/

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added beginning of Summary Biography and made connections to 41-24566 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K