Umberto Pereira
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17F 41-24549 'Stupen Takit', 91BG/323BS while serving as Right Waist Gunner. The aircraft sustained a direct hit from AA fire just after leaving the target of the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany. CPT McCarty ordered a bale out, but only two crewmen managed to parachute from the aircrft before it exploded. The aircraft crashed at Buldern, Germany.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stupen Takit
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Buried |
Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, PLot D, Row 3, Grave 10. | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buldern, 48249 Dülmen, Germany | 4 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft took a direct hit from AA fire and exploded. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Confirmed SN and added KIA event per MACR 15596. Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data. Added A/C model letter, unit association, crew position, loss details and A/C crash location to Summary Biogrpahy based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces:, Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15596 / MACR 15596 , Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp. 87-88, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar p. 253, ABMC web site . / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database