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Sgt. Joseph Rubin 352nd Fighter Group
Sgt. Joseph J. Rubin was a passenger on the B-24J #42-100001 "Drawers" that crashed on a local training flight on 28 January 1944, killing Sgt. Rubin and 4 others.
He was assigned to the medical section of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.
Under duress of the smoke, fire, and order to abandon ship, he was overcome with fear and was unable to jump. He perished in the crash.
He's buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot C Row 4 Grave 72.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 389th Bomb Group
1st Lt. Lon J. Byram was the bombardier on the B-24J #42-100001 "Drawers" that crashed on a local training flight on 28 January 1944, killing Lt. Byram and 4 others.
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Military | Private | Medic | 352nd Fighter Group
Private Floyd Stanley Ernst was born and raised in Tomahawk, WI. He joined the Army Air Corps on 11 September 1942, and was stationed in England from July 1943 to his death on 28 January 1944.
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Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40775.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Assistant Radio Operator | 389th Bomb Group
On 28 Jan 1944 on a local training flight, an explosion in B-24J #42-100001 'Drawers' caused smoke to fill the cabin and crew was ordered to bale out. RTD.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
On 28 Jan 1944 on a local training flight, an explosion in B-24J #42-100001 'Drawers' caused smoke to fill the cabin and crew was ordered to bale out. RTD. Earlier on June 25, 1943 on training mission, B24 42-40774 collided with another ac
Military | Major | Flight Surgeon | 352nd Fighter Group
Maj. Nathan W. Hylan was a respected physician and well-known member of the Derry Flying Club in the small town of Derry, N.H. Like many others during wartime, Hylan traded in his civilian life for military service. He was assigned to the medical...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Engineer | 389th Bomb Group
On 28 Jan 1944 on a local training flight, an explosion in B-24J #42-100001 'Drawers' caused smoke to fill the cabin and crew was ordered to bale out. RTD.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 389th Bomb Group
On 28 Jan 1944 on a local training flight, an explosion in B-24J #42-100001 'Drawers' caused smoke to fill the cabin and crew was ordered to bale out. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
On 28 Jan 1944 on a local training flight, an explosion in B-24J #42-100001 'Drawers' caused smoke to fill the cabin and crew was ordered to bale out. RTD.
Group
The 352nd Fighter Group were based at Bodney, Norfolk from July 1943 until November 1945 but in the winter months of 1944/1945 detachments moved to bases in Belgium to provide extra air support to ground forces during the Battle of the Bulge and to...
Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
Squadron
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
On 28 Jan 1944 on a local training flight, an explosion in B-24J #42-100001 'Drawers' caused smoke to fill the cabin and crew was ordered to bale out. Five of the crew were killed, and five survived.
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Lived in | New York, USA | 1942 |
| Died | Stowlangtoft, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 28 January 1944 |
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Plot C Row 4 Grave 72 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 January 2019 21:56:31 | adamandnichole | Changes to media associations |
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Family member perished in the same crash. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 January 2019 21:46:08 | adamandnichole | Changes to role, biography, events and person associations |
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Family member perished in the same crash. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 February 2018 12:31:56 | Lucy May | Changes to service number, events, unit associations and place associations |
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Added Joseph J Rubin's name to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford. http://www.abmc.gov/node/542562#.WoGIe01LFzk Source for 352nd Fighter Group: Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:17:21 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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