Edward Antony Nachowitz
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 18843 - Captain Edward Anthony Nachowitz 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
Assigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. completed 4 x combat missions, 500+ combat hrs. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, towing 2 Waco gliders, hit by flak in fuel tanks, broke formation and released gliders, allowing crew to bale. Remained at controls to ensure crews departure, killed in crash. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11319.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39456150
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31306542
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12163200 / O-698467
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-449289
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Smeatharpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cook County, IL, USA | 13 September 1920 | Son of Theophious and Emily Marie [Fingle] Nachowitz. |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, Michigan, USA | 20 March 1942 | Detroit, Michigan |
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Other Paratroop mission D-day |
Normandy, France | 6 June 1944 | Op Albany D-day paradrop 6-Jun-44. |
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Other Glider tow |
Eindhoven, Netherlands | 17 September 1944 | Op Market Garden Glider tow to Eindhoven. 17-Sep-44. |
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Other Glider tow |
Eindhoven, Netherlands | 18 September 1944 | Op Market Garden Glider tow to Eindhoven. 18-Sep-44. |
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Other Glider tow |
Bastogne, Belgium | 26 December 1944 | Glider tow mission to Bastogne. 26-Dec-44. |
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Other Killed in action |
Sibret, 6640 Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium | 27 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, towing 2 Waco gliders, hit by flak in fuel tanks, broke formation and released gliders, allowing crew to bale. Remained at controls to ensure crews departure, killed in crash. KIA. MACR 11319. |
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Buried |
Sibret, Belgium | 28 December 1944 | Interred Field Burial Sibret |
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Buried |
29 July 1949 | Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA | |
| Detroit, Michigan, USA | |||
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Based |
Upottery | 27 December 1944 | Assigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
From details on Nachowitz's Findagrave page: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80007347;
Collection of BrewennC - user http://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/1062
Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
