August Restaino
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 70331
UPL 70331
B-26 Janets Dream
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Object Number - UPL 70331 - B-26 Janets Dream
Killed in Action (KIA) on 2-Sep-43 in B-26B 41-31629 'Janet's Dream' while serving as Radio Operator. Aircraft was on a mission to bobm the German airfield at Lille/Nord, France. The aircraft was hit by flak and exploded near French coast near Bergues, France.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15055746
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31134836
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794055
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742377
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793205
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Janets Dream
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Willingale
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
2 September 1943 | Killed when aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded and crashed. No remains were recovered. | |
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Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 29-May-2015. Added decoration per existing website data; No burial record or commemmoration could be found; edited Summay Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; also reference Missing Air Crew Report 516.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.262, ABMC