Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Military | Colonel | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, remained with A/C as crew baled out, following them at extreme low level. Seemingly he...
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Units served with
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...
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Aircraft
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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44; Shot down by fighters, crew baled out at low level. 10 x POW. MACR 3849
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Associated Place
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Military site : airfield
Shipdham was built in 1941-1942, the first US heavy bomber airfield in the English county of Norfolk. It was a standard design, with T2-type hangars and a domestic site dispersed to the south east. Improvements were carried out to increase the number...
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Events
Event |
Location |
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Born |
Omaha, NE |
23 October 1919 |
Son of Arline Jacobsen, step son of Stanley Jacobsen (1930 census)
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Enlisted |
Fort McDowell, Angel Island, CA |
2 July 1940 |
Fort McDowell,
Angel Island, CA
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Lived in |
San Francisco, CA |
1942 |
Entered service from San Francisco, California.
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Based |
Shipdham |
1944 – 8 April 1944 |
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.
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Baled out POW |
Hanover, Germany |
8 April 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. POW. MACR 3849
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Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany |
8 April 1944 – May 1945 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.
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Discharged USAAF |
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October 1945 |
Honourable discharge.
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Enlisted |
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23 September 1947 |
Re-enlisted.
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Discharged USAF |
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31 August 1965 |
Honourable discharge.
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Died |
Peru, IN |
15 February 1977 |
Buried |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru, IN |
18 February 1977 |
Mount Hope Cemetery
Peru,
Miami County, IN
Section 2WMH Lot 267 Space 6
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