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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...
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...
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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