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Bertrand O Coulombe

World War II · US Army

United States of America
Ye Olde PubAdded by: rbc4950Ye Olde Pub
Ye Olde Pub Crew PhotoAdded by: rbc4950Ye Olde Pub Crew Photo
Army Air Corps Photo of Damage to Ye Olde PubAdded by: rbc4950This is probably not a photo of Ye Olde Pub despite the source
Enlistment PhotoAdded by: rbc4950Bertrand Coulombe
A Higher Call by Adam MakosAdded by: rbc4950A Higher Call by Adam Makos
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Bertrand Coulombe Airman ID
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Coulombe Family Photo (cir. 1954): Germaine (mother), Bertrand (father), Ronnie (oldest son), Charlene (daughter). Paul (youngest son) not shown.
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Ye Olde Pub crew transferred to Carol Dawn. Bertrand Coulombe shown in middle row, third man in on right side.
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Carol Dawn flight jacket showing missions completed.
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Distinguished Flying Cross (cir. 1944) and Silver Star (posthumously in 2008) awarded to Bertrand Coulombe.
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Bertrand Coulombe (enlistment photo)
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Bertrand Coulombe (post-war photo)
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image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950"Frenchy" Coulombe (Post War)
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image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Flight gear (flight engineer and top turret gunner)
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950379th Bomber Group Patch (Latin motto means "Strength and Accuracy")
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Flak over Nazi Germany
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Top turret gun
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Top turret gun position inside B17
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Approximate route of Ye Olde Pub on December 20, 1943
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950B17 "bombs away"
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Kimbolton Airfield - Home of the 379th Bomber Group
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Seething Airfield - where the damaged Ye Olde Pub landed on December 20, 1943
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Quonset hut briefing room, Kimbolton Airfield
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Kimbolton Airfield Tower
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Kimbolton Tower (1943)
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image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Both towers at Kimbolton Airfield (cir. 1977)
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Franz Stigler - german fighter pilot who spared Ye Olde Pub
image.jpgAdded by: rbc4950Frank Stigler (cir. 1993) - with our sincerest thanks, The Coulombe Family
image.jpgAdded by: rbc49502nd Lt. Charles Brown - pilot of Ye Olde Pub and Carol Dawn
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S.Lt. Charlie L. Brown's award certificate and citation, Feb 2008.jpgAdded by: spatzwharlS.Lt. Charlie L. Brown's award certificate and citation, Feb 2008.jpg
Lt. Brown And Crew Pose Beside The Boeing B-17 'Carol Dawn' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 8 April 1944. - Page 1Lt. Brown And Crew Pose Beside The Boeing B-17 'Carol Dawn' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 8 April 1944. - Page 1
Bertrand Oscar Coulombe dies, 25 March, 2006.Added by: spatzwharlObituary___Bertrand_Coulombe_