Philip T Serum Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25116
Object Number - UPL 25942 - Philip T. Serum Jr., 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 18 March 1943. Shot down in B-24 #4123666 'Hot Freight. ' Flying in the diamond position of the lead element on a mission to Vegesack, Germany shipbuilding works, the plane took frontal attacks from ME-110s as well as flak attacks. Plane went down west of Seefield.
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Hot Freight
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Brought in information from a duplicate record - spelling name as Philip T Servin. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor
ABMC, MACR 15595, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 91, Ted's Travelling Circus by Cal Stewart pp. 84-85 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
