Hyman Wasserstein
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56305002/hyman-wasserstein
via USAAF Class Book Research Project
Object Number - UPL 60981 - 2nd Lt Hyman Wasserstein
Assigned to 579BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 4 October 1943 in B-24 42-7474 'Satan's Flame'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Flame
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bayside, New York | 30 March 1921 | Born Bayside, New York |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 4 October 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) Lost over North Sea |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands (Wall of the Missing) | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ABMC, MACR 891 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 891 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
