Harold Leonard Tamboer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
second cousin Marge Tamboer
Object Number - UPL 42896 - Harold Tamboer (photo courtesy of second cousin Marge Tamboer)
Harold (“Harry”) Tamboer was born and raised in Clifton, New Jersey. After attending School 5 on Valley Road and Clifton High School, he worked in North Bergen before entering the service in September 1942. He had his training at Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina and at the Douglas Aircraft School in California. After receiving his wings at Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, Florida, he was sent overseas in February 1944. His father Abram was a salesman for a plumbing-supply dealer and passed away shortly after receiving news that his son had gone overseas. Harry’s last letter home was dated 24 April 1944, the day before his final mission (which was believed to be his 11th one). In June 1944, his family received the War Department message that Harold Tamboer had died in a raid over Europe on 25 April 1944. Killed In Action (KIA).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36435582
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-688166
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14114918 at enlistment, then O-742065
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16057259 at enlistment, then O-682183
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32745523
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Admirable Little Character
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
25 February 1922 | Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, the son of Dutch-born Abram Herchap Tamboer and Anna O. Tamboer | |
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Enlisted |
23 September 1942 | Newark, New Jersey | |
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Died Killed In Action (KIA) |
25 April 1944 | in the crash of B-24 # 42-52335 "Admirable Little Character” in Ponthion, Marne Departement, France | |
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Buried |
26 April 1944 | most probably in the cemetery of Brusson, a small village next to Ponthion | |
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Buried |
after the liberation of the area, he was re-buried in the Temporary American Cemetery #3515 at Champigneul-Champagne, SW of Reims, France | ||
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Buried |
at the Temporary American Cemetery in Epinal, France | ||
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Buried |
after the war, his remains were brought back to the USA, where they rest at the Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey |
Revisions
MACR 4342
WWII Draft Card
US Census 1940
NARA WWII Enlistment records
KU-1639 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139546559
VA Gravesite locator
E-mail exchange from 2004 to 2009 with his second cousin Marge Tamboer
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4342 / MACR 4342 & Page 283 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &
href="http://www.458bg.com/crew44combs.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew44combs.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
