Bernard Arthur Jacobson

Military

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52432. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Edward Walter Cisek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11115616
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Walter John Kita

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32205911 at enlistment, then T-001541
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Byron Ellsworth Logie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19071807 at enlistment, then O-807003
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Thomas Robert Murphy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32111635
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

George David Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19096186 at enlistment, then O-811138
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-52432

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bachelor's Paradise
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, Michigan, USA 3 November 1915

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 9 April 1944 captured in Fårdrup, ± 10km East of Korsør, Denmark. Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Reutrned to Military Control on 5 June 1945.

Revisions

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WWII Draft card
MACR 3838
KU-1401 at https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=KU-1401&f.ancestorNaIds=643795 (NARA)
NARA WWII POW Records

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 3838
NARA WWII POW records

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3838 / MACR 3838 & Page 277of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database