2Lt Edwin Stanley Jacobsen was a Bombardier on B-24H #41-28609
Lt Jacobsen was assigned to the 714th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group
On 22 DEC 1943, while returning from a heavy bombing mission to Osnabruck, Germany his B-24 exploded mid-air over the North Sea.
He was awarded the Purple Heart & Air Medals.
His grave marker is on the Tablets of the Walls of the Missing at Netherlands-American Cemetery, Margraten, the Netherlands.
Missing Air Crew Report (MARC) # 2442
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Edwin Jacobsen was shot down over the North Sea after dropping bombs on Germany. His plane exploded in mid-air.
The family formerly resided in Watervliet and Edwin Jacobson graduated from Watervliet High School. He was employed at the arsenal before entering the service. His father died two months before his death. A brother Hale V. Jacobsen [Memorial ID 49236225 ], was serving in the Navy and was stationed at sea.
Lieutenant Jacobsen had been in the service for two years.
Lt Jacobsen was assigned to the 714th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group
On 22 DEC 1943, while returning from a heavy bombing mission to Osnabruck, Germany his B-24 exploded mid-air over the North Sea.
He was awarded the Purple Heart & Air Medals.
His grave marker is on the Tablets of the Walls of the Missing at Netherlands-American Cemetery, Margraten, the Netherlands.
Missing Air Crew Report (MARC) # 2442
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Edwin Jacobsen was shot down over the North Sea after dropping bombs on Germany. His plane exploded in mid-air.
The family formerly resided in Watervliet and Edwin Jacobson graduated from Watervliet High School. He was employed at the arsenal before entering the service. His father died two months before his death. A brother Hale V. Jacobsen [Memorial ID 49236225 ], was serving in the Navy and was stationed at sea.
Lieutenant Jacobsen had been in the service for two years.
2Lt Edwin Stanley Jacobsen was a Bombardier on B-24H #41-28609
Lt Jacobsen was assigned to the 714th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group
On 22 DEC 1943, while returning from a heavy bombing mission to Osnabruck, Germany his B-24 exploded mid-air over the North Sea.
He was awarded the Purple Heart & Air Medals.
His grave marker is on the Tablets of the Walls of the Missing at Netherlands-American Cemetery, Margraten, the Netherlands.
Missing Air Crew Report (MARC) # 2442
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Edwin Jacobsen was shot down over the North Sea after dropping bombs on Germany. His plane exploded in mid-air.
The family formerly resided in Watervliet and Edwin Jacobson graduated from Watervliet High School. He was employed at the arsenal before entering the service. His father died two months before his death. A brother Hale V. Jacobsen [Memorial ID 49236225 ], was serving in the Navy and was stationed at sea.
Lieutenant Jacobsen had been in the service for two years.
Lt Jacobsen was assigned to the 714th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group
On 22 DEC 1943, while returning from a heavy bombing mission to Osnabruck, Germany his B-24 exploded mid-air over the North Sea.
He was awarded the Purple Heart & Air Medals.
His grave marker is on the Tablets of the Walls of the Missing at Netherlands-American Cemetery, Margraten, the Netherlands.
Missing Air Crew Report (MARC) # 2442
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Edwin Jacobsen was shot down over the North Sea after dropping bombs on Germany. His plane exploded in mid-air.
The family formerly resided in Watervliet and Edwin Jacobson graduated from Watervliet High School. He was employed at the arsenal before entering the service. His father died two months before his death. A brother Hale V. Jacobsen [Memorial ID 49236225 ], was serving in the Navy and was stationed at sea.
Lieutenant Jacobsen had been in the service for two years.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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