Saul Spivak
MilitaryAssigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany 24-Aug-44 in B-24 44-40443 'Jerks Beserk'; Hit by flak causing major fuel leak, crossed french coast, pilot ordered bale out. Baled out with dingy pack, along with crewmates seen by escorting P-51 to be in dingy, very likely strafed by enemy A/C. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8462
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12077762 / O-807481
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jerks Beserk
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
East Pittsburg, PA | 18 May 1923 | Son of William Spivak. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 24 August 1942 | Pittsburgh Pennsylvania |
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Died |
North Sea | 24 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany 24-Aug-44 in B-24 44-40443 'Jerks Beserk'; Baled out with dingy into North Sea. KIA MACR 8462 |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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Buried |
Memorialised Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, VA | ||
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Based |
24 August 1944 | Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, Roll of Honor