Meyer Etkin
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA). Shot down 6 March 1943 in B-17F #42-5378, 306BG/367BS while serving as Navigator. Plane had developed an oil leak in no. 3 engine over the Channel, but oil pressure stayed steady so pilots continued mission toward the submarine pens at Lorient, France. According to Strong, Fighters attacked as this plane was dropping back due to the earlier oil leak and the fact this Group was in the low Squadron. When engine 4 quit, bailout was ordered. Acording to Strong, Meyer had been killed by fighters prior to bale out. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13025875
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19082431
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-438541
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14073191
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Seattle, Washington, United States | 14 November 1920 | |
Enlisted |
20 February 1942 | Seattle, Washington | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lorient, France | 6 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters near Lorient, France. |
Buried |
7 March 1943 | at the cemetery in Guidel, NW of Lorient, France | |
Buried |
Seattle, WA, USA | After the war, his remains were repatriated to the United States. Mayer Etkin rests at the Oak Lake (Bikur Cholim) Cemetery in Seattle, Washington. | |
Seattle, Washington |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
Pages 40 and 41 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142694377 (NARA)
Page 31 of AV 51/43 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238537 (NARA)
Lee Cunningham 30-Jul-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added burial event per 306BG records: Edited Summary Biography with A/C model letter and Unit associations and crew position per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forcess", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 89, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp. 73-4