Herman Greenspan
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down near Prum in B-24 42-95028 'The Daddy Rabbit' on 25-Dec-44, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11114
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-563375
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Daddy Rabbit
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 10 September 1918 | Son of Rose* Greenspan. * Draft registration shows Rose as mother, MACR shows Rose as wife. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY | 21 August 1941 | Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York |
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Died |
Prum, Germany | 25 December 1944 | Shot down near Prum in B-24 42-95028 'The Daddy Rabbit' on 25-Dec-44, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11114 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hethel | 25 December 1944 | Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot A Row 42 Grave 27 | |
| Brooklyn, NY | NoK: Wife Rose Greenspan. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11114 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database