Alfred Bernard Bergkamp

Military
media-39154.jpeg UPL 39154 Alfred B. Bergkamp National Archives and Records Administration

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Object Number - UPL 39154 - Alfred B. Bergkamp

Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew Ploesti raid on 1-Aug-43. ETD





Awards: AM, DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Bomerang
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Valient Virgin
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Garden Plain, KS 8 June 1920 Son of Frederick Bernard and Anna Katharine Bergkamp.

Enlisted

Fort Leavenworth, KS 11 January 1942 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Other

Discharged USAAF

9 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Wichita, KS 12 February 1986

Buried

Resthaven Gardens of Memory Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS 15 February 1986 Resthaven Gardens of Memory Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS
Cheney, KS

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From his records and medals.

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Sources

'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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