Otto Eckert

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13253.jpeg UPL 13253 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

All information correct as on Roll of Honor board

Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #42-41015, Killed in Action (KIA).



DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

An airman inspects the wreck of a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40604) nicknamed "Satan's Angels" of the 93rd Bomb Group. Handwritten note on reverse of print: 'B-24D 240604, 93 Bomber Group, 2 Air Div, 8 AF. Inscription "Henry" Ford under cockpit. Personal A/C code "E". 93 BG E 240604.'

42-40604

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Angels
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

42-41015

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

22 December 1943

Born

Chicago, Illinois

Buried

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

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ContributorAAM
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ABMC; MACR 2191 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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