David Junior Nordberg
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60503 - 2nd Lt David J Nordberg
Assigned to 423BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action. Shot down 1-May-43 in B-17 42-5784. Plane crashed into Brest Harbour on a mission to the U-boat yards at St. Nazaire, France.
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Marinette, Wisconsin | 4 November 1918 | Born Marinette, Wisconsin |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Brest Harbour | 1 May 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) Brest Harbour |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, England | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15635, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF Vol. I p .113 by Bishop and Hey, ABMC, First Over Germany by R. Strong pp. 104-5.
