Edward H Bubolz Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 51592 - S/Sgt Edward H Bubolz Jr, 334BS, 95BG
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 3 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into North Sea off Benacre Ness. Killed in Action (KIA)
Often listed as a photographer but in actuality he was a German Voice Interpreter who monitored Luftwaffe voice traffic on missions. Gerald Lane also on flight had these duties also. It appears he originally trained as a waist gunner.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12077925 / O-831280
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Passion Wagon aka Victory Devils
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Section 8
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Iron Ridge, WI | 20 September 1924 | Son of Edward Henry and Edna L [Radtke] Bubolz. |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 20 November 1943 | Houston, Texas |
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Died |
Off Benacre Ness | 7 May 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into North Sea off Benacre Ness. KIA |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
| Weimar, Colorado County, TX | |||
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Based |
Horham | 7 May 1945 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Air Power History Fall 2019 Morton, Tyler, Colonel USAF. LINGUISTS GET THEIR WINGS: AIRBORNE VOICE INTERCEPT OPERATORS IN WORLD WAR II . page 21-28. Ed Bubloz Jr. is specifically noted.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
