Joseph Jacobson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - FRE 9709 - A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group, 546TH Bomb Squadron falls towards the ground after having its tail shorn off by falling bombs during...
Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
MACR 3005, 11 combat missions.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-669278
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39830126
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Military Occupation Specialty 612 - Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671434
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19080173
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11035742
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Dollar
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 4 July 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #42 dated 4 July 1943, Philip E. Higdon Crew. |
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Born |
Seattle, Washington, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 9 March 1944 | Final Resting Place: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, 7601 34th Avenue, South Minneapolis 9, Minnesota |
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Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, 7601 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55450, USA |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Merged with duplicate record to include information from :
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
- MACR 3005,
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1907
384thbombgroup.com
MACR 3005 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
