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Technical Sergeant Norman F Kajut of the 388th Bomb Group.
Shot up by flak over the target and exploded and crashed near Uitgeest, Holland on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31115 'Hell's Bells'. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Remembered by Chris Siess, Lower Burrell, PA
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 21/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Jim Feeney - not found till 25/2/44, Radio Operator: Norman Kajut, Waist gunner: Marion Forbis, Tail gunner: Lou LeFevre ...
10 February 1944
This mission is a despatch of two separate formations. One formation is a combined force of 169 B-17Fs from 3rd Bomb Division: 94BG; 95BG; 96BG; 100BG; 385BG; 388BG; 390BG; 447BG; and 482BG despatched to bomb the industrial areas of Brunswick, Germany....
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Born | New Kensington, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Hollland | 10 February 1944 |
| Died | 10 February 1944 | |
| Buried | Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, G-16-26 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 26 November 2014 15:33:25 | Emily | Changes to awards and place associations |
| Sources | ||
Chris Siess, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:40 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
ABMC, MACR 2348, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2348 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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