Jacob Laderman
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 493rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action on 19-Sep-44 in B-17 43-38209. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10212
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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James Cathcart
Military
Killed in Action (KIA) 19 September 1944
PH/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
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493rd Bomb Group
Group
The 493rd Bomb Group was the last Eighth Air Force Group to become operational, flying their first combat mission from Debach, Suffolk, on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The Group was known as "the Fighting 493rd", named by their Commanding Officer Colonel Elbert... -
860th Bomb Squadron
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43-38209
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 7/7/44; Kearney 18/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 3/4/44; Missing in Action Hamm 19/9/44 with Jake Laderman, Co-pilot: Walt Beriont, Navigator: Albt Wick, Bombardier: John Muzii, Flight engineer/top turret gunner:...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 19 September 1944 |
| Died | 19 September 1944 | |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:13:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998; ABMC, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 10212 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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