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2LT Francis Raymond Taub

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2LT Francis Raymond Taub

Birth
St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Death
20 Mar 1945 (aged 23)
Westerrade, Kreis Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Burial
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Assigned to 358th Bomb Sqn, 303rd Bomb Grp. 19 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Hamburg in B-17 43-39160; Shot down by ME262's, crashed near Westerade on 20-Mar-45 Held aircraft level for crew to bale out, last seen on catwalk to escape hatch prior to fatal spin. Killed in Action (KIA) Missing Aircrew Report 13569

Buried in Germany; Re-Interred - June 1949
Assigned to 358th Bomb Sqn, 303rd Bomb Grp. 19 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Hamburg in B-17 43-39160; Shot down by ME262's, crashed near Westerade on 20-Mar-45 Held aircraft level for crew to bale out, last seen on catwalk to escape hatch prior to fatal spin. Killed in Action (KIA) Missing Aircrew Report 13569

Buried in Germany; Re-Interred - June 1949


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