Ernest C Fuxa

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Joined Sqd 8/16/44.



Killed in Action (KIA) 10/18/44 (Leverkusen). Pilot: E. Lehnhausen. Plane was 'Flak Magnet' #42-50596.

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Units served with

People

Aircraft

Missions

659

  • Date: 2 October 1944

658

  • Date: 2 October 1944

647

  • Date: 25 September 1944
B-24 Liberators of the 392nd Bomb Group fly low over countryside. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Holland or Rhine re supply 392 BG.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '18/9/44. 392BG B/24 dropping parachute supplies. Low level in Holland 9/17/44.'

639

  • Date: 18 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bison, Oklahoma, USA 22 January 1924

Other

44th BG Combat Tour

Shipdham, UK 5 September 1944 - 18 October 1944 12 Combat Missions

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

4364 TB Buttinge, Netherlands 18 October 1944 KIA when his B-24 either collided with another 44th BG B-24, or had it's tail severed by flak or a combination of both while entering a thunderstorm front near the Belgian/Dutch coast while returning from a mission.

Buried

Plot B Row 12 Grave 12 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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https://www.abmc.gov/node/531605#.WrA5GWcm5es

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Contributor466thHistorian
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8805449/ernest-c.-fuxa
http://www.8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/missions_flown_by.asp?perIdent…

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9654 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd j MACR 9654