Frederick S Kauffman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-39033.jpeg UPL 39033 2Lt Fred S Kauffman, Co-pilot aboard 42-97942.

Object Number - UPL 39033 - 2Lt Fred S Kauffman, Co-pilot aboard 42-97942.

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6983



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14079510 / O-810816
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Body II
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Nashville, TN 1 March 1943 Nashville Ac Facilities Tennessee

Other

Killed in action

Canvey Island 19 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. KIA MACR 6983
Trenton, New Jersey Entered service from NJ.

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing

Based

Kimbolton 19 June 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.
Massachusetts, USA Born

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6983 / MACR 6983; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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