Israel Gross
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 49FS, 14FG, 8AF USAAF. Co-pilot aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group
- Service Numbers: 17025843 / O-433764
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Queens, NY, USA | 30 July 1918 | |
Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 4 February 1941 | |
Died |
Coed Moel-Y-Gaer, Denbigh LL16, UK | 23 August 1942 | Co-pilot aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB). |
Buried |
25 August 1942 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
New York, NY, USA | |||
Based |
23 August 1942 | Assigned to 49FS, 14FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
130-04 Horace Harding Expy, Flushing, NY 11367, USA | Re-Interred Mount Hebron Cemetery Flushing, Queens County, NY |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 27