Herbert Pressman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Hit by flak had mid air collision and crashed near Chartres in B-17 'Stormy Weather' #42-39873

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39873

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stormy Weather
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 August 1944

Born

Oak Grove, Missouri, USA

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France (Wall of the Missing)

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 1 August 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7824 / MACR 7824,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3019">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3019> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database