Amos H Behl
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 60801
UPL 60801
T/Sgt Amos H Behl
KIS in B-17 42-5793 crashed at Brome, Suffolk, en route to leading the 100th Bomb Group. He was the PFF plane, sent to lead the group.
Losses of the 8th and 97th AFs Vol. 1 p. 75 tells also 11 February 1943, successfully belly-landed B-17 41-9044 when engine trouble. Mission was freight and passengers to Gibraltar. All crew and passengers were safe.
Awards: AM (2OLC).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-662226
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stinky
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fairfield Township, Minnesota | 3 January 1923 | BornFairfield Township, Minnesota |
Enlisted |
Seattle, Washington | 26 August 1941 | EnlistedSeattle, Washington |
Died |
Brome, Suffolk | 10 November 1943 | DiedBrome, Suffolk |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire | 11 November 1943 | InterredCambridge American Cemetery and MemorialCoton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia