Hans Carl Borm Annotated B-29 Gunner's Information File

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Identifier: 2026-00-00--18

Content Description

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The Hans Carl Borm Annotated B-29 Gunner's Information File is a single-item collection consisting of a B-29 Gunner's information file (manual) with notes and illustrations by Borm from his military service during World War II.

The volume is a standard-issue gunner's training manual published by General Electric circa 1944. Of particular interest are the memo pages at the end of the manual which contain Borm's personal annotations. Two pages contain notes and sketches from Borm's gunnery training. Following those note are three pages where Borm has listed names and addresses of his fellow crew members. The next five pages list the missions that Borm participated in over Japan. Five pages include additional names and addresses. Finally, one page has a letter or diary entry dated July 21, 1945.

Dates

Creation: circa 1945

Creator

Borm, Hans Carl, 1922-2008 (Person)

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This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. For more information contact us.

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Biographical Note: Hans Carl Borm

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Hans Carl Borm was a B-29 gunner with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

Hans Carl Borm was born on May 22, 1922 in Bad Salzuflen, Germany to Max J. and Hanna E. (Rahning) Borm. He had four siblings. He and his family immigrated to the United States when he was an infant. He was living in Ohio by 1942 where he registered for the draft.

During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army Air Forces in the 871st Bombardment Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group. Borm was a left-wing gunner on Boeing B-29s. He had a love for aviation which led him to a career in the aeronautical industry after the war. He also built a Piel Emeraude which he flew cross-country with his youngest son.

Borm married Anne Page Becker on Mercer Island, Washington on May 15, 1976 and they had seven children and thirteen grandchildren. He died on January 18, 2008 in Kirkland, Washington and is buried in Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Washington.

No further information is known. Biographical information derived from records on Ancestry.com and an online obituary.