Irwin Louis Dobrow

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-52824.jpeg UPL 52824 2nd Lt Irwin L. Dobrow, 401BG.

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Object Number - UPL 52824 - 2nd Lt Irwin L. Dobrow, 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 20 x combat mission. McCord crew. Munich mission 16-Jul-44, A/C hit by flak causing a failure of the oxygen system to the nose compartment, died of anoxia along with navigator Marvin Abraham. Killed in Action (KIA)

Awards: M (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

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

612th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Richard D McCord

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-26100
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107039

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Ice Cold Katy
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Passiac, NJ	26 September 1920	Son of Harry and Rose A Dubrow.
Enlisted		21 October 1942	Newark, New Jersey
Died		16 July 1944
Buried		17 July 1944	Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 2 Grave 94
Based	Deenethorpe	16 July 1944	Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.