Manuel Hantober

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Left his plane for paperwork and was killed by spinning propellor. His plane was B-24 41-29231 'The Impatient Virgin' piloted by George Thom. Died non Battle (DNB).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Impatient Virgin
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Jay Governors Island, NY 23 September 1942

Died

Shipdham, UK 3 February 1944 Died in accident with spinning propellor, after having left his aircraft whilst they were warming engines for mission. Died non Battle (DNB).

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Camb 4 February 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Cambridge

Born

Kings County, NY Son of Herman and Frieda [Kurtzman] Hantober.

Based

Shipdham 3 February 1944 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, NY Re-Interred New Montefiore Cemetery West Babylon, Suffolk County, NY

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Sources

44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualities p. 204 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia