Murray David Altman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

On 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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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Loose Goose
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sissy
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Look Homeward Angel
  • Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Barrel House Bessie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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.

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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