Bruce L Kustaborder
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Source: Lewistown (Pennsylvania) High School yearbook, 1942
Lewistown (Pennsylvania) High School yearbook, 1942
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Object Number - UPL 26278 - Bruce L. Kustaborder Source: Lewistown (Pennsylvania) High School yearbook, 1942
Shot down April 9, 1944 in B-17 #42-97465 near Ossecken, about 30 miles west of Gdynia. Killed in Action (KIA).
Grew up in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Son of Dorothy M. Kustaborder and Jerry Kustaborder.
Graduated from Lewistown High School in 1942. Involved in a variety of activities and his ambition was to become an electrician, according to his yearbook entry.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Scarlet Harlot
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Tyrone, PA 16686, USA | 23 June 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA, USA | 30 October 1942 | |
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Died |
Gdynia, Poland | 9 April 1944 | Plane 42-97465 shot down 30 miles west of Gdynia, Poland. More details available in Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 3665. |
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Buried |
American War Cemetery, Ardennes. Plot B, Row 26, Grave 2 | ||
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Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lewistown, PA 17044, USA |
Revisions
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-a…
Obituary: Dorothy M. Kustaborder (Tyrone Daily Herald, Sept. 29, 1977)
1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 3665 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3665 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
