Joseph Jacobson
Military ROLL OF HONOURJust a bit more info
Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
MACR 3005, 11 combat missions.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39837458
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670612
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680714
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36168236
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 4 July 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #42 dated 4 July 1943, Philip E. Higdon Crew. |
Born |
Seattle, Washington, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 9 March 1944 | Final Resting Place: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, 7601 34th Avenue, South Minneapolis 9, Minnesota |
Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, 7601 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55450, USA |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Merged with duplicate record to include information from :
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
- MACR 3005,
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1907
MACR 3005 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database