Rudolph Horst III
Military
Object Number - UPL 23002
Reported to the ETO on 01 Dec 1943.
Last seen near Bonn, GR on a mission to the JU88 plant at Bernburg, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39935. Presumed crashed in North Sea. KIA.
AM OLC, 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 22 February 1944 | |
|
Born |
McKeesport, Pennsylvania | ||
|
Buried |
Memorialized at Cambridge |
Revisions
Changed the label for a Died event to “Killed in Action (KIA)” per info in the "Summary biography".
Corrected the name by moving "III" from the middle name field to the surname field.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2651, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index, First Over Germany pg. 217, http://www.ww / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…
