August Restaino

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media-7345.jpeg UPL 7345 B-26 Janets Dream

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Object Number - UPL 7345 - B-26 Janets Dream

Killed in Action (KIA) on 2-Sep-43 in B-26B 41-31629 'Janet's Dream' while serving as Radio Operator. Aircraft was on a mission to bobm the German airfield at Lille/Nord, France. The aircraft was hit by flak and exploded near French coast near Bergues, France.



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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15055746
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31134836
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-794055
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator / Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742377
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793205
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Janets Dream
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

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Killed in Action (KIA)

2 September 1943 Killed when aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded and crashed. No remains were recovered.

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Lee Cunningham 29-May-2015. Added decoration per existing website data; No burial record or commemmoration could be found; edited Summay Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; also reference Missing Air Crew Report 516.

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France Crashes 1939-1945

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.262, ABMC

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