Crew Roster · Personal File

Frederick A. Strombom

Co-Pilot · 330th Squadron
HometownChicago, IL

Arrived Hardwick, England July 24, 1944; assigned to 330th Bomb Sqdn., 93rd Bomb Group. Completed tour of 30 missions on lead crew on April 5, 1945. Served as squadron training officer from Feb. 28, 1945 until flying the Maulin Mallard B-24D back to Bradley Field on May 28, 1945.

Completed Tour

Sortie Log

7 CATALOGUED SORTIES
04 DEC 1944 — 25 MAR 1945

The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 736
04 DEC 1944
BebraM/Y
42-251XX
№ 761
25 DEC 1944
HallschlagC/C
42-51968
№ 770
30 DEC 1944
MechernichM/Y
D aircraft; aircraft from 328th BS.
Joker II42-51523
№ 783
06 JAN 1945
Bonn Rhine H/BH/B
42-XX527
№ 821
06 FEB 1945
MagdeburgM/Y
Op. Lead; CA (Command Pilot) designation held by Major Dowswell
Snow White42-95542
№ 894
18 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Leading Group
44-49573
№ 913
25 MAR 1945
BuckenO/D
Lead Division; Col. ROBERTSON designated CA (Command Pilot)
Plutocrat42-52455
§ Personal Record
Before the War

Born July 30, 1923 in Chicago, IL; spent half his life on a farm near Ogema, WI. Enlisted in USAAC Dec. 14, 1942 in Chicago. Had finished two years at Illinois Institute of Technology. Completed aviation cadet flight training; graduated as second lieutenant pilot, Class 44-C, Stockton, CA. Flew co-pilot on B-17s at Yuma, AZ; then assigned as co-pilot on B-24s at Peterson Field, CO.