Isidor P Kaplowitz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 511BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97191 'Silver Ball'.

Exited ball turret to get an oxygen bottle, as he re-entered hit fatally by 20mm cannon shell and killed. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5326



Awards: PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

People

Carl F Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-806110
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97191

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA 23 September 1916

Enlisted

Camp Upton Rd, Shirley, NY 11967, USA 7 March 1942 Camp Upton Yaphank, New York

Died

Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany 28 May 1944 Shot down 28 May 1944 in B-17 42-97191 'Silver Ball'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5326

Buried

Nedlitz, Germany 30 May 1944 Interred Nedlitz cemetery
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Buried

Wellwood Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY Re-Interred Wellwood cemetery Pinelawn Long Island New York

Based

Polebrook 28 May 1944 Assigned to 511BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5326 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database