Mayer I Hurwitz
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230290. 'Lucky Lady II' Killed in Action (KIA). From an account by a child who saw this plane go down: The German fighters attacked the plane and Mayer jumped out, the fighters shot at him, The account says they mutilated the body. A young boy found the body in the field and rushed to a stream and brought water to baptize him before he died. When the boy (now a man) told this story and we showed him the crew picture he pointed to Mayer and said that was the man he baptized.
Air Medal w 3 Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Lady II
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
30 July 1943 | ||
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Born |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 30 July 1943 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 145 / MACR 145; Snetterton Falcons, pg 44 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database