Jacob Hochman
MilitaryAssigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Joker Mission (nighttime photo recon) to Hamburg in Mosquito NS583; A/C and crew lost after photo flash bomb ignited in bomb bay 8-Feb-45. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12161
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749530
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Florida, United States | 28 September 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
New York City, New York, United States | 5 February 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Died |
near Detmold, Germany | 8 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Joker Mission (nighttime photo recon) to Hamburg in Mosquito NS583; A/C and crew lost after photo flash bomb ignited in bomb bay 8-Feb-45. KIA MACR 12161 |
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Buried |
Leistrup-Meiersfeld, Germany | 9 February 1945 | Interred Leistrup-Meiersfeld, near Detmold, |
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Buried |
Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY | Re-Interred Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York | |
| Union County, NJ | Entered service from Union County, New Jersey. | ||
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Based |
Watton | 8 February 1945 | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Chronology; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 15, 176 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia