U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #32886934
Enlistment Date: 04/10/1943 in New York City, New York
487th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group, Medium
Paul Kaplan is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Bronx County, New York.
New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910-1965 lists Paul Kaplan with birth date of 21 Jul 1923 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists residence as 838 42nd Street, Brooklyn, New York. Contact person listed as Mrs. Helen Kaplan (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as Brooklyn, New York on 07/21/1923. Employed as Trainee for War Industries Program, Port Washington, New York as of 06/30/1942 registration date.
U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 lists WWII dead returned from overseas. Re-interred on November 16th, 1949.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/43-27656
Radio operator on B-25J-1-NC Mitchell #43-27656 shot down by flak just after dropping its bombs over the Gricigliana rail bridge...Missing Air Crew Report 6070. Named for McKinley Junior High School in Muncie, Indiana, whose students had raised $200,000 to "buy a bomber."
Crew:
S/SGT Russell Godfrey Ahlstrom (Flight Engineer)--Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 263210
2LT Thomas V. Casey (Pilot)--Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 2633803
2LT Harry Drips George (Co-Pilot)--Survived
S/SGT (3rd Grade) George Edmund Obrovatz--Survived--MEMORIAL ID 90944351
***I would like to express my deep appreciation to Janice Hollandsworth Find A Grave ID 46917667 for her transfer of this memorial to my care***
***I would like to thank GLENN Find A Grave ID 46957035 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank XCHIEF Find A Grave ID 47669333 for adding the birth location information to this memorial***
Enlistment Date: 04/10/1943 in New York City, New York
487th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group, Medium
Paul Kaplan is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Bronx County, New York.
New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910-1965 lists Paul Kaplan with birth date of 21 Jul 1923 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists residence as 838 42nd Street, Brooklyn, New York. Contact person listed as Mrs. Helen Kaplan (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as Brooklyn, New York on 07/21/1923. Employed as Trainee for War Industries Program, Port Washington, New York as of 06/30/1942 registration date.
U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 lists WWII dead returned from overseas. Re-interred on November 16th, 1949.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/43-27656
Radio operator on B-25J-1-NC Mitchell #43-27656 shot down by flak just after dropping its bombs over the Gricigliana rail bridge...Missing Air Crew Report 6070. Named for McKinley Junior High School in Muncie, Indiana, whose students had raised $200,000 to "buy a bomber."
Crew:
S/SGT Russell Godfrey Ahlstrom (Flight Engineer)--Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 263210
2LT Thomas V. Casey (Pilot)--Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 2633803
2LT Harry Drips George (Co-Pilot)--Survived
S/SGT (3rd Grade) George Edmund Obrovatz--Survived--MEMORIAL ID 90944351
***I would like to express my deep appreciation to Janice Hollandsworth Find A Grave ID 46917667 for her transfer of this memorial to my care***
***I would like to thank GLENN Find A Grave ID 46957035 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank XCHIEF Find A Grave ID 47669333 for adding the birth location information to this memorial***
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #32886934
Enlistment Date: 04/10/1943 in New York City, New York
487th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group, Medium
Paul Kaplan is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Bronx County, New York.
New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910-1965 lists Paul Kaplan with birth date of 21 Jul 1923 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists residence as 838 42nd Street, Brooklyn, New York. Contact person listed as Mrs. Helen Kaplan (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as Brooklyn, New York on 07/21/1923. Employed as Trainee for War Industries Program, Port Washington, New York as of 06/30/1942 registration date.
U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 lists WWII dead returned from overseas. Re-interred on November 16th, 1949.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/43-27656
Radio operator on B-25J-1-NC Mitchell #43-27656 shot down by flak just after dropping its bombs over the Gricigliana rail bridge...Missing Air Crew Report 6070. Named for McKinley Junior High School in Muncie, Indiana, whose students had raised $200,000 to "buy a bomber."
Crew:
S/SGT Russell Godfrey Ahlstrom (Flight Engineer)--Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 263210
2LT Thomas V. Casey (Pilot)--Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 2633803
2LT Harry Drips George (Co-Pilot)--Survived
S/SGT (3rd Grade) George Edmund Obrovatz--Survived--MEMORIAL ID 90944351
***I would like to express my deep appreciation to Janice Hollandsworth Find A Grave ID 46917667 for her transfer of this memorial to my care***
***I would like to thank GLENN Find A Grave ID 46957035 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank XCHIEF Find A Grave ID 47669333 for adding the birth location information to this memorial***
Enlistment Date: 04/10/1943 in New York City, New York
487th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group, Medium
Paul Kaplan is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Bronx County, New York.
New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910-1965 lists Paul Kaplan with birth date of 21 Jul 1923 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists residence as 838 42nd Street, Brooklyn, New York. Contact person listed as Mrs. Helen Kaplan (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as Brooklyn, New York on 07/21/1923. Employed as Trainee for War Industries Program, Port Washington, New York as of 06/30/1942 registration date.
U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 lists WWII dead returned from overseas. Re-interred on November 16th, 1949.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/43-27656
Radio operator on B-25J-1-NC Mitchell #43-27656 shot down by flak just after dropping its bombs over the Gricigliana rail bridge...Missing Air Crew Report 6070. Named for McKinley Junior High School in Muncie, Indiana, whose students had raised $200,000 to "buy a bomber."
Crew:
S/SGT Russell Godfrey Ahlstrom (Flight Engineer)--Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 263210
2LT Thomas V. Casey (Pilot)--Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 2633803
2LT Harry Drips George (Co-Pilot)--Survived
S/SGT (3rd Grade) George Edmund Obrovatz--Survived--MEMORIAL ID 90944351
***I would like to express my deep appreciation to Janice Hollandsworth Find A Grave ID 46917667 for her transfer of this memorial to my care***
***I would like to thank GLENN Find A Grave ID 46957035 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank XCHIEF Find A Grave ID 47669333 for adding the birth location information to this memorial***
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PAUL
KAPLAN
SERGEANT
AIR CORPS
JUNE 22 1944
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