Philip Goldfarb
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 54121
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Phillip Goldfarb was Killed in Action (KIA) along with the rest of his crew when the aircraft they were flying, 42-97985, was involved in a mid air collision with another 94th BG aircraft, 44-8177. The tail broke away from 42-97985 and the aircraft crashed in a field close to Rougham air base. All were lost
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768786
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Pennsylvania | 22 May 1925 | |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 14 July 1943 | |
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Died |
Rougham, Suffolk, UK | 30 November 1944 | |
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Buried |
Mount Jacob Cemetery Glenolden, Delaware County, PA | Mount Jacob Cemetery Glenolden, Delaware County, Pennsylvania | |
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Based |
Bury St Edmunds | 30 November 1944 | Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
