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Early 8th Air Force Purple Heart


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2nd Lt. Charles Noetzel
Superior, Arizona

 

351st Bomb Group
509th Bomb Squadron

 

Killed In Action
June 13, 1943

Purple Heart

 

2nd Lt. Noetzel was Bombardier of B-17F #42-5815 “Stardust” on a mission to bomb the U-boat yards at Bremen. Flak over the target area knocked out three engines and the bomber began losing altitude. Alone and at low altitude over Oldenbrok, it was attacked by Me-110 night fighters from Nachtjagdgeschwader 3. Ofw. Wilhelm Schmale downed the bomber and claimed it as his 4th kill.

 

 

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