Harry Goldstein
MilitaryAssigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-Apr-43 in B-17 42-5070 'Invasion II'. Plane was on fire when all crew parachuted to safety. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 15519
Awards: AM (2OLC), 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: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16019527
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19049717 / O-727084
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20746404 / O-726996
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Navigator - Group Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12035120 / O-662769
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39167239
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Invasion II
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 April 1943
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kings, New York | 8 April 1916 | |
Other Draft registration |
New York City, NY | 16 October 1940 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems, Austria | 17 April 1943 - 5 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVII-B. |
Other Shot down |
Oldenburg, Germany | 17 April 1943 | Shot down 17-Apr-43 in B-17 42-5070 'Invasion II. ' Plane was on fire when all crew parachuted to safety. |
Died |
Santa Monica, California | 17 January 1948 | |
Buried |
Home of Peace Mausoleum, Los Angeles, CA | 20 January 1948 | Home of Peace Mausoleum, Los Angeles, California |
Bronx, NY, USA |
Revisions
Details of death and burial listed in Death Certificate provided by Mindy Yochelson, cousin
Mindy Yochelson, cousin of Harry Goldstein identified that some of the information previously added pertained to a Harold Goldstein, rather than their relative: Harry.
Changed Biographical events as per information provided by Mindy, and supported by Draft Registration Card and POW Record
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15519 / MACR 15519, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 105, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn by Havelaar pp. 37-38 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database