John J Kuhl
Military
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UPL 52105
Bat out of hell!
My dad's original patch.
Crashed landed at Ridgewell due to battle damage on the return from a mission to Frankfurt in B-17F #42-30834 'Mickey Finn'. RTD. Earlier on 20 December 1943, flying B17 42-37754, had oxygen problems on the a/c 'Who Dat Ding Bat' and S/Sergeant Lee Gibson died.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 516