Bernard W Nayovitz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 34889 - Bernard Nayovitz

Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30389 'Dear Mom'. Killed in Action (KIA). Near Lummen, Belgium.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30389

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dear Mom
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

17 August 1943 His remains were recovered and temporarily interred in grave 282, of the Allied Cemetery, Brustam Airfield near St. Trond, Belgium. Subsequently, his remains were removed to the U.S. Cemetery, Neuville en Condroz, Belgium, and interred in Plot E, Row 5, Grave 107 on April 26, 1945. At the direction of his parents, Harry and Margaret Nayovitz, 151 Hegeman Avenue, New York, New York, his remains were permanently interred at the Tel Aviv cemetery in Israel.

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Belgium 17 August 1943

Revisions

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Added a connection to 8th AF. Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.

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Lee Cunningham 13-Oct-2014/Rudy Kenis DEAR MOM Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/420571391394184/

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Lee Cunningham, 13-Oct-2014/Rudy Kenis DEAR MOM Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/420571391394184/.

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Lee Cunningham, 13-Oct-2014. Serial number obtained from Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 323. Burial information obtained from Rudy Kenis and DEAR MOM facebook page via relatives of Bernard.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 323 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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