Bernard Kuhlmeier

Military
media-19530.jpeg UPL 19530 42-31350 "Merry On" unloading over Achmer, Germany

452nd Bomb Group Assoc,

Object Number - UPL 19530 - 42-31350 "Merry On" unloading over Achmer, Germany

DFC. "Merry On" caught fire on return from mission Salvaged 11/4/44. Born 20 May, 1925. Entered service 20 May, 1943. Made it through the war. He was killed in flight to Kuwait, piloting Lebanese International Airways plane from Beirut, Lebanon on Oct 03, 1957, crashing into the sea after reporting plane was on fire. Body was never recovered.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31350

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Merry On
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son, Theodore Kuhlmeier

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Object number: UPL 19530 - 42-31350 "Merry On" unloading over Achmer, Germany