Jack W Kasparian

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13253.jpeg UPL 13253 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

All information correct as on Roll of Honor board

Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. Crew member of B-24 41-23711 'Jerks Natural', flew on Ploesti raid on 1 Aug 43.



'Jerks Natural' was damaged over Austria on mission to Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory and crashed in Yugoslavia on October 1st, 1943. KIA. MACR 3301.



Awards: DFC, AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-792650
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23711) nicknamed "Jerk's Natural" of the 93rd Bomb Group at RAF Gambut, February 1943.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jerks Natural
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Flew on Ploesti raid on 1 Aug 43.

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Killed in action

Yugoslavia 1 October 1943 'Jerks Natural' was damaged over Austria on mission to Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory and crashed in Yugoslavia on October 1st, 1943. KIA. MACR 3301.

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County MO 13 March 1950 Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County Missouri, USA.
Los Angeles, California

Based

Assigned

Benina 1 October 1943 Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF.

Born

California

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Sources

'Ploesti' Dugan & Stewart / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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