Herbert L Tubbs

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media-35165.jpeg UPL 35165 SSgt Herbert L. Tubbs, He was killed when his aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters in the Munich area. He was seen preparing to bail out but it is thought he failed to do so due to oxygen loss. He was first buried in a churchyard in Oberbuchen, Germany and later reinterred in Lorraine...

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Object Number - UPL 35165 - SSgt Herbert L. Tubbs, He was killed when his aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters in the Munich area. He was seen preparing to bail out but it...

Killed in Action (KIA) 21 July 1944 in AC #4250435. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Schleischeim



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-50435

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

21 July 1944

Born

Morgantown, Indiana, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 21 July 1944

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Sources

ABMC, MACR 7246 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7246 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 35165 - SSgt Herbert L. Tubbs, He was killed when his...

Object number: UPL 35166 - SSgt Herbert L. Tubbs