Jacob Buikema

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media-41521.jpeg UPL 41521 T/Sgt Jacob Buikema

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Object Number - 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

326th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

92nd Bomb Group

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

People

Reginald L Hammond

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

Robert Leroy Sprout

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

44-8436

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Fort Worth Jail House
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

Places

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Podington

Site type: Airfield

Siddown Hill

Site type: Aircraft crash site

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
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