John Martin Kohler Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 35 x missions. ETD
Mission List: Saarbrucken, Saleux, Brunswick, Kiel, Mery-Sur-Oise, Amiens, Oslebshausen, St Lo, St Lo, Erfurt, Koblenz, Troarn, Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Munich, Munich, Zid Beveland, Bernburg, Kiel, Beaumont Le Roger, Doullens, St Cyr, Berlin, Politz, Autheux, Bremerhaven, Chateaudun, Angers, Caen, Colleville
Berck, Brussells, Rotenburg, Zietz,Belfort
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME 9£BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: V Packet
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Puritanical Bitch / Puritanical Witch
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Corky
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: T S Tessie
- Unit: 68th Bomb Squadron 44th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Buffalo, New York | 30 August 1920 | BornBuffalo, New York |
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Enlisted |
Nashville Ac Facilities Tennessee | 1 March 1943 | EnlistedNashville Ac Facilities Tennessee |
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Based |
Shipdham, UK | 22 May 1944 - 13 August 1944 | Joined Sqd 22-May-44.Trans/70 RD 13-Aug-44. |
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Other Promoted |
6 July 1944 | Promoted 1st Lt | |
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Other Discharged |
15 September 1945 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd