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PFEIFER, Ambrose Robert - Date of
birth
25 August 1921 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Ellis, Ellis County, Kansas -
Hometown
Ellis, Ellis County, Kansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37225487 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
577th Bombardment Squadron,
392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
4 January 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of Langeness, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Lawrence A. Pfeifer (father)
Anna A. (Gaschler) Pfeifer (mother)
Albert Pfeifer (brother)
Ralf Pfeifer (brother)
Alvin Pfeifer (brother)
Viola Pfeifer (sister)
Eleanor Pfeifer (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-7482 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Shack Rat
Destination: Kiel
MACR: 01908
More information
No specific 392nd crew eyewitness account is detailled concerning the loss of this aircrew and plane. A German report, #KU623 of the mission date, 4 January, notes that this particular ship was found crashed in the North Sea at 1300 hours just off the small island of Langeness after having exploded in the air. Five dead crew members were located in this wreckage and the probable cause of the shoot down was fighter aircraft. No other account exists on further circumstances of the crew's loss.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.B24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card, US Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, 392nd Bomb Group