August Retcofsky
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-29806 21-May-43; A/C crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16018
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-433367
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Fayette, PA | 19 January 1915 | Son of August Wilhelm and Bertha H [Festog] Retcofsky. |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 3 October 1940 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Died |
North Sea | 21 May 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-29806 21-May-43; A/C crashed into North Sea. KIA MACR 16018 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thurleigh | 21 May 1943 | Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot C Row 13 Grave 30 |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16018 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database