Norman Klasner
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x combat missions (Aachen, Hamm, Hamm, Merseburg). Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 Known to have baled out, chute may have failed. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10831
Awards: AM, 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771648
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Gail Lynn
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Essex County, NJ | 31 October 1922 | Son of Samuel and Anna [Fishman] Klasner. |
Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 27 May 1942 | |
Died |
Flur Oberkotzau, Germany | 30 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 KIA. MACR 10831 |
Other Next of Kin |
Newark, New Jersey, USA | Father Samuel Klasner. | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Framlingham | 30 November 1944 | Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
King Solomon Memorial Park Clifton, NJ | Re-Interred King Solomon Memorial Park Clifton, New Jersey |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10831 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database