Solomon H Bernstein
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action. Shot down by flak and crashed at Michelsmoor on 8/6/44 in B-17 "Home James" 42-97131.
Assigned 751BS/457BG [Z] Missing in Action Genshagen 6/8/44 with Vince Frost, Navigator: Bob Danaher, Bombardier: Earl Peronto, Ball turret gunner: Dan Rice, Waist gunner: Hubert Rempp (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Folson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sol Bernstein, Radio Operator: Chester Bartoszewicz, Waist gunner: Dan Taylor (4KIA- one man seen to fall without chute, snagged on wing); flak KO’d #2, crashed Michelsdorf, E of Brandenburg.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Home James
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey | 10 December 1922 | |
Other Killed in action |
6 August 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7889