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Personal info

Full name
FELDMAN, Norbert B
Date of birth
7 March 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Bronx, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O-789382
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
385th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1943
Place of death
Seefeld, southwest of Bremerhaven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 2 10

Immediate family

Members
Bernard Feldman (father)
Charlotte Feldman (mother)
David Feldman (twin brother)
George J. Feldman (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24558
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Hunga-Dunga
Destination: Vegesack, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft - U-boats yards
MACR: 15149

More information

1st Lt Norbert B. Feldman graduated from Erasmus Hall High School and attended Iowa State University.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in New York City, New York on 29 August 1941.

The plane was hit by flak and attacked by enemy fighters.

The airplane was seen to go down slowly about 12 miles south of Bederkesa and was last seen in flames at about 7000 feet, 8 miles southsouthwest of Bremerhaven. Two parachutes were seen to come from this aircraft when it first started to descend and eight parachutes were open when the plane was last sighted.

Five crew members survived and were taken prisoner, five were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 10 November, 1943, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 10 December 1943