Bernard Kaplan
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Photo taken 19 September 2012, Gary Atkins
Involved in a mid-air collision with another B-17 from the same group on return from operations to airfields in GB on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-37963 and crashed on Reedham Marshes, Norfolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
Buried: Beth Israel Cemetery and Memorial Garden, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Row 54 A Findagrave.com 201170217
Connections
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
14 June 1915 | Born Canada | |
Died |
21 February 1944 | Reedham Marshes Norfork England Air collision | |
Buried |
1 February 1949 | Military escort from USA 02/01/1949 Beth Israel Cemetery and Memorial Garden Burnaby, Greator Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Row 54 A Findagrave.com 201170217 |
Revisions
US Government records and cemetery administrator confirmation.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces