Ferdinand John Fernbach

Military

Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF.

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queenie Heaven Can Wait
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Black Widow
  • Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Redwood Valley, California 23 November 1918 Born Redwood Valley, California

Enlisted

San Francisco, California 28 October 1942 Enlisted San Francisco, California

Died

20 July 2017

Buried

​​​​​​​Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Dixon, California 23 July 2017 Interred Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Dixon, Solano County, California

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/