Bernard S Kauffman

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media-26509.jpeg UPL 26509 Henry W McCullough - 427th BS - Training B-17G #03 'Doris'

(Back L-R) 2Lt Henry W. McCullough (Pilot), F/O Herring "Harry" Joyce, Jr. (Bomb),
Sgt James Hacker (RWG), 2Lt James F. Kepfer (CoPilot), 2Lt Maurice R. Herrick (Nav)
(Front L-R) Sgt Therman F. Conaway (Turret), Sgt Jack Thompson, Jr. (LWG),
S/Sgt Bernard S. Kauffman (Radio), Sgt Jake Wabeke (Eng), Sgt William V. Kimber (Ball Turret)

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Object Number - UPL 26509 - Henry W McCullough - 427th BS - Training B-17G #03 'Doris' (Back L-R) 2Lt Henry W. McCullough (Pilot), F/O Herring "Harry" Joyce, Jr. (Bomb), Sgt...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Germersheim in B-17G 43-38689 hit by flak in tail crashed at Roxheim. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11574.



Awards: PH

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

Oliver Thomas Eisenhart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11081662 / O-2058926
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-A, serial number 43-38689) of the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group in flight over Mannheim, Germany. Official caption on image: "(SAY 303HI/1440-21) (13 Jan '45 - 13:25 1/2) (44-8484-7-26,000') Mannheim." Handwritten caption on reverse: '338689, GN-A. 2/Lt. O.T. Eisenhart.'

43-38689

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron 601st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Personnel of the 355th Fighter Squadron at a briefing before a bomber escort mission, the tail markings of the B-24 Liberators they will escort are exhibited on the map. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'D Lewin in Breifing Room 13/1/45'

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  • Date: 13 January 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA, USA 9 October 1942

Died

55595 Roxheim, Germany 13 January 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Germersheim in B-17G 43-38689 hit by flak in tail crashed at Roxheim. KIA. MACR 11574.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

Killed in Action (KIA)

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold Departement de la Moselle Lorraine, France

Based

Molesworth 13 January 1945 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Philadelphia County, PA, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11574 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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