Gustave Maurice Bjorkstrom
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 combat missions*. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17, 42-97407, The As Te Risk. Hit by flak and knocked unconscious just prior to mid air collision with the B-17, 44-8080. Killed in Action (KIA). 30-Nov-44. MACR 11136
Awards: PH - EAMEC Medal - WWII Victory Medal
* - Cologne 15-Oct-44, Cologne 16-Oct-44, Kassel, Hamm, Weisbaden, Langerwehe, Saarbrucken, Geisen, Merseburg [Recalled], Saarbrucken, Mannheim, Merseburg 30-Nov-44.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19117070 / O-768655
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The As-Te-Risk
- Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 390th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kansas City, MO | 6 June 1915 | Son of Gustave Adolph and Lillyan Mae Bjorkstrom. Born Gustave Maurice as per 1930 census and draft registration (Signature confirms same) Oct-40. Seems to have dropped his forename on entering service. |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 8 September 1942 | |
Died |
Flur Oberkotzau, Germany | 30 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 42-97407 'Asterisk' 30-Nov-44; mid air collision with B-17 44-8080. KIA MACR 11136 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Framlingham | 30 November 1944 | Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, VA | ||
Other Next of Kin |
Oakland, CA | Wife Bernardine D Bjorkstrom, Oakland, Alameda County, CA. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11136 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database