Seymour D Ausfresser
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 54347 - 2nd LT Seymour D. (Aussie) Ausfresser
Seymour Ausfresser was a Navigator in Crew 1 assigned to 712th BS, 448th BG, 8th USAAF in Seething, England. Crew 1 was flying B-24 41-28711 'Little Sheppard' on mission to bomb the synthetic oil plant in Brux, Czechoslovakia on 21-Apr-44, when it stalled out and went into a spin due to ice build up over English Channel. Ausfresser bailed out before control was regained. He was listed as Missing in Action (MIA). MACR 04343 dated 21 Apr 1944.
Awards: AM (2OLC), 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
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 13 December 1918 | Son of Gustav and Yetta Ausfresser. |
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Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 17 March 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Died |
English Channel | 21 April 1944 | Missing in Action (MIA). MACR 4343. |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Based |
Seething | 21 April 1944 | Assigned to Crew 1, 712th BS, 448th BG, 8th USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SO#150 6th Heavy Bomb.Proc HQ, Herington, Kansas 5 Nov 43, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 645
