Solomon H Bernstein

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action. Shot down by flak and crashed at Michelsmoor on 8/6/44 in B-17 "Home James" 42-97131.



Assigned 751BS/457BG [Z] Missing in Action Genshagen 6/8/44 with Vince Frost, Navigator: Bob Danaher, Bombardier: Earl Peronto, Ball turret gunner: Dan Rice, Waist gunner: Hubert Rempp (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Folson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sol Bernstein, Radio Operator: Chester Bartoszewicz, Waist gunner: Dan Taylor (4KIA- one man seen to fall without chute, snagged on wing); flak KO’d #2, crashed Michelsdorf, E of Brandenburg.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('Z', serial number 42-97131) flies near the photographer's aircraft; another B-17 is in the background.

42-97131

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Home James
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey 10 December 1922

Other

Killed in action

6 August 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7889