Manuel Hantober
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Left his plane for paperwork and was killed by spinning propellor. His plane was B-24 41-29231 'The Impatient Virgin' piloted by George Thom. Died non Battle (DNB).
Awards: 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Impatient Virgin
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Fort Jay Governors Island, NY | 23 September 1942 | |
Died |
Shipdham, UK | 3 February 1944 | Died in accident with spinning propellor, after having left his aircraft whilst they were warming engines for mission. Died non Battle (DNB). |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Camb | 4 February 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Cambridge |
Born |
Kings County, NY | Son of Herman and Frieda [Kurtzman] Hantober. | |
Based |
Shipdham | 3 February 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, NY | Re-Interred New Montefiore Cemetery West Babylon, Suffolk County, NY |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualities p. 204 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia