Emil Junior Siewert
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Pilot: "Nelson King"
Funeral service bulletin
Object Number - UPL 55426 - 2nd Lt Emil J. Siewert Pilot: "Nelson King"
Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 24-May-44 in in B-17 42-31306 'Nelson King'; shot down by fighters, crashed Ostprignitz. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5165
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6901057
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39392429
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36597632
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11098984 / O-819014
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36575528
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hobart, Indiana, USA | 9 November 1920 | Son of Emil Ernest and Mildred Estella [Richmond] Siewert. |
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Died |
Ostprignitz, Germany | 24 May 1944 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 24 May 1944 | Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Evergreen Memorial Park Hobart, Lake County, IN | Re-Interred Evergreen Memorial Park Hobart, Lake County, Indiana |
Revisions
My wife is the great niece of Emil Siewert. I have obtained some original documents related to his service as the pilot of the "Nelson King" and his crew. He was shot down on May 24, 1944 over Germany returning from a bombing run.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5165 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database