Harvey Martin Katz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-28965.jpeg UPL 28965 1943 Curtis Field yearbook

1943 Curtis Field yearbook

Object Number - UPL 28965 - 1943 Curtis Field yearbook

Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Peenemunde in B-17 42-97958 25-Aug-44; flak hit in nose, crashed into Baltic Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8277





Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

People

Lloyd Joseph Triche

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15131572 / O-813810
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97958

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Newark, NJ 29 January 1921 Son of Joseph Katz.

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 22 June 1942 Newark, New Jersey

Died

Baltic Sea 25 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Peenemunde in B-17 42-97958 25-Aug-44; flak hit in nose, crashed into Baltic Sea. KIA MACR 8277

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Podington 25 August 1944 Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Tablets of the missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Changed the label for a POW event to “Killed in Action (KIA)” per info in the "Summary biography".

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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 8277 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 28965 - 1943 Curtis Field yearbook