Jacob Buikema
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 41521
T/Sgt Jacob Buikema
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Hit trees on Sidown Hill in B-17 44-8436 and crashed. 5-May-45. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16153156 / O-828164
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17151596 / O-781441
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fort Worth Jail House
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, llilnois, USA | 19 October 1924 | Born Chicago, Illinois |
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois | 5 April 1943 | Enlisted Chicago, Illinois |
Based |
Podington | 1 January 1945 - 5 May 1945 | Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Sidown Hill, Hampshire | 5 May 1945 | Hit trees on Sidown Hill in B-17 44-8436 and crashed. 5-May-45. Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buried |
6 May 1945 | Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot E Row 5 Grave 22 |