Military
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.
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...
Command
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...
Squadron
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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8 April 1944
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...
Other location
Other location
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| Born | Omaha, NE | 23 October 1919 |
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Son of Arline Jacobsen, step son of Stanley Jacobsen (1930 census) |
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| Enlisted | Fort McDowell, Angel Island, CA | 2 July 1940 |
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Fort McDowell, |
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| Lived in | San Francisco, CA | 1942 |
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Entered service from San Francisco, California. |
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| Based | Shipdham | 1944 – 8 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Hanover, Germany | 8 April 1944 |
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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 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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| Discharged USAAF | October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Enlisted | 23 September 1947 | |
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Re-enlisted. |
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| Discharged USAF | 31 August 1965 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Peru, IN | 15 February 1977 |
| Buried | Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru, IN | 18 February 1977 |
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Mount Hope Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 April 2019 12:00:41 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29627742 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 April 2019 12:12:01 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, suffix, service number, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29627742 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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