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Personal info

Full name
KAPLAN, Sidney
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
New Jersey
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O-734707
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1943
Place of death
Near Leutesdorf 6 km northwest of Neuwied, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 9 1

Immediate family

Members
Julius Kaplan (father)
Fannie Kaplan (mother)
Seymour Kaplan (brother)
Asneth Kaplan (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-6086
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Leverkusen, Germany
Mission: Bombardment
MACR:1322

More information

2nd Lt Sidney Kaplan enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 11 September 1940.

No information is available as to what happened to A/C 42-6086. The plane crashed and all 10 crew members were KIA.

Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers