Albert A Christensen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-57348.jpeg UPL 57348 Kittleson crew assignment to the 493rd BG August 1944 493rd Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 57348 - Kittleson crew assignment to the 493rd BG August 1944

Killed in Action (KIA) 12 September 1944 in B-17 #43-38098.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

People

Alex E Alford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38420299
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Calvin Thomas Bladen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37344490
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator,

Homer Porterfield Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35432219 at enlistment, then T-61537
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph Gregory Eifried

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32921148
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Maxwell Samuel Kattef

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12181019 at enlistment, then O-723731
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

43-38098

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

12 September 1944 in the crash of B-17 #43-38098 at Hadmersleben, 4km SE of Oschersleben, Germany

Buried/ Commemorated

14 September 1944 at the cemetery of Hornhausen, 4km NW of Oschersleben, Germany

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 8863
WWII Draft Card

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8863 / MACR 8863, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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