Herbert I Cahn
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Had mechanical failure and crashed at Outer, Belgium on 23-Jun-44 in B-17 'To Hell Or Glory' 42-38123, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5915
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19034227 / O-755722
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: To Hell or Glory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 18 December 1922 | Son of Minnie Cahn. |
Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 10 September 1942 | New York City, New York |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Bavaria | 23 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
Other Baled out POW |
Outer, Belgium | 23 June 1944 | Had mechanical failure and crashed at Outer, Belgium on 23-Jun-44 in B-17 'To Hell Or Glory' 42-38123, Prisoner of War (POW). |
Died |
Guilford, CT | 9 April 2003 | |
Based |
Horham | 23 June 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Corrected place where B-17 42-38123 crashed from Maubeuge, France to Outer, Belgium.
Source: Dirk VIJVERMAN and http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-bemanning-b-17g-42-381…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5915 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database