Edward Sebastine Gac
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 25779 - 545th Bombardment Squadron Patch
Shot down by flak and fighters on a mission to Brunswick on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-5404 'Geezil. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2264
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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 Geezil
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Burlington, New Jersey, USA | 6 December 1921 | |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 17 November 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 545th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, Horace Fred Writz crew. Five combat missions. |
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Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery | Burial: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay St. Louis County Missouri, USA Plot: SECTION 82 SITE 93C | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 30 January 1944 |
Revisions
2017-07-09 Information from duplicate AAM File https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/54572 was consolidated with this file.
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5599
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41138093
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2264 / MACR 2264, 8th AF Losses, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database