Arthur Murray Janis
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down near Prum in B-24 42-95028 'The Daddy Rabbit' on 25-Dec-44, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11114
Awards: AM (3OLC), 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: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-563375
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Daddy Rabbit
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 22 March 1918 | Son of Simon and Celia Janis*. * Anglicised from Jankowitz. |
Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 27 October 1942 | New York City, New York |
Died |
Prum, Germany | 25 December 1944 | Shot down near Prum in B-24 42-95028 'The Daddy Rabbit' on 25-Dec-44, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11114 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hethel | 25 December 1944 | Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot K Row 26 Grave 14 |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11114 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database