Irving Jacobwitz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-56173.jpeg UPL 56173 Lt. Irving Jacobowitz

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Object Number - UPL 56173 - Lt. Irving Jacobowitz

Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 24-May-44 in in B-17 42-31306 'Nelson King'; shot down by fighters, crashed Ostprignitz. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5165



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Emil Junior Siewert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-813794
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31306

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nelson King
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Haven, Connecticut, USA 6 June 1918 Son of Jacob and Rebecca Jacobowitz.

Died

Ostprignitz, Germany 24 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 24-May-44 in in B-17 42-31306 'Nelson King'; shot down by fighters, crashed Ostprignitz. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5165

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Thorpe Abbotts 24 May 1944 Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Mount Sinai Memorial Park New Haven, New Haven County, CT Re-Interred Mount Sinai Memorial Park New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5165 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Irving Jacobwitz: Gallery (3 items)

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Object number: UPL 56173 - Lt. Irving Jacobowitz