Aaron E Cuddeback

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 4 March 1943 in B-17 42-5129 while serving as Co-Pilot. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2749.



Air Medal, Purple Heart.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5129

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 4 March 1943 Aircraft crashed into the North Sea after attack by German aircraft. His remains were never recovered

Other

Commemorated

Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, The Netherlands Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Combined to entries for Aaron Cuddeback into one entry. This entry now includes information from the following source:
MACR 2749 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 13-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 2749; AMerican Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2749