Jacob A Augenstene Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 8 March 1943 in B-24D 41-23784 [NB:R] 'Miss Dianne', 44BG/67BS while serving as Navigator. The aircraft was attacked and shot down by German fighters near Villers-Ecalles, France while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. Killed in Action (KIA). Stone monument with crew names installed at Villers-Ecalies in 1997
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Miss Dianne
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 8th Air Force Finance
Missions
- Date: 8 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||
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Buried |
Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot C, Row 25, Grave 9. | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Villers-Écalles, France | 8 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down and crashed near Villers-Ecalles, France while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 31-Jul-2015. Added Decortations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Added KIA event note per MACR 15570; Edited Summary Biography with A/C model letter, Radio Call Letters and Unit association, added loss detail and target based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15570 / MACR 15570, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey p.89, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties pp. 56-7 by Lundy / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database