Edward Richard Humlicek
Military![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/media/media-29675.jpeg)
Pilot Donovan G. Helgeson was my Great-uncle.
Object Number - UPL 29675 - Photo of B17 Flight Crew taken November 28, 1944 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of Dave Serbin)
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Helgeson crew. ETD
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395033.jpg?itok=xUejniQg)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395032.jpg?itok=M8uiWk_r)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-29675.jpeg?itok=u8DPgX-A)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17030966 / O-568565
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Top Turret/Engineer / Pilot
Aircraft
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-44440.jpeg?itok=FA5Q-H5e)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Better Duck
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-17971.jpeg?itok=J7oQ-hdF)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Evader
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-23786.jpeg?itok=RICVxyI4)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Evasive Action
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-29174.jpeg?itok=aohgqVEv)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Creamer
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8525) of the 95th Bomb Group in flight.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-418363.jpg?itok=UGgsU13d)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pocomoco
- Unit: 334th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group
Places
![A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group outside a Nissen hut briefing room at Horham, August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '"B" Briefing room, 95th Bomb Group (H) Horham, England "Full House" crew.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387792.jpg?itok=Re_6xuO3)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Nebraska | 14 February 1925 | Son of Frank George and Emma Agnes [Schmid] Humlicek. |
Enlisted |
24 September 1943 | ||
Other Discharged USAAF |
8 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Fremont, NE | 3 November 1996 | |
Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Fremont, Dodge County, NE | 6 November 1996 | Calvary Cemetery Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska |
Based |
Horham | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/623976663
https://www.fold3.com/record/68378694/edward-r-humlicek-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/619639498/edward-humlicek-1925-veterans-af…
https://www.fold3.com/record/713202799/humlicek-edward-r-us-veterans-gr…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82293053/edward-richard-humlicek
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php