Murray David Altman
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39991 was crippled by ME109s and after the rest of the crew baled out, the 2 pilots and the radio operator made an emergency landing SW of St Pol, France. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report #2741.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
![Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/20111223090048-dd1657bf-me.jpg?itok=mIUXITmJ)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35374670
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sea Hag
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wabbit Twacks
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
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- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Broadway Rose
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Elise
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Barney
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
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- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B, serial number 42-37779) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama", of the 91st Bomb Group in flight during a mission over France, 14 January 1944.
61036 AC - (A)- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Gp. 8th AF, enroute to bomb target at Croisette, France. 1/14/44. (Altitude 12,100 feet.)](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379121.jpg?itok=OtbZ0rkY)
- Date: 31 December 1943
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- Date: 30 December 1943
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- Date: 20 December 1943
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jackson Heights, New York, USA | 24 March 1919 | |
Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 11 September 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #93 dated 11 September 1943, Walter Richard Carpenter Crew. 19 combat missions. |
Other Killed In Action |
62130 Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France | 4 March 1944 | Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery Maspeth Queens County New York, USA Plot: Soc.:AMERBROTH; Path:35R; Gate:EL-2; Grave:3; Map:429 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2741 / MACR 2741, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database