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Personal info

Full name
RABINOVITZ, Allan Firman
Date of birth
2 September 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O-685721
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
409th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1944
Place of death
2 Km southwest of Suderschmedeby, south of Flensburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 37 8

Immediate family

Members
Abraham Rabinovitz (father)
Rose (Firman) Rabinovitz (mother)
Morris Rabinovitz (brother)
Ruth L. (Panzer) Rabinovitz (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23810
Data
Type: B-24D
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 8342

More information

Statement T/Sgt Thomas J. Adams: "Our plane crashed because the control cables had been shot in two by anti-aircraft fire. Of course the plane went down in a spin, and there was not much time to get out, therefore we that were in good condition could not aid those that had been wounded and could not help themselves.
The aircraft crashed 2 km southwest of Suderschmedeby, south of Flensburg."
Sgt Cornelius Pas and four unidentified American Airmen were buried on the Cemetery Friedenshugel in Flensburg on 8 January 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / Jewish Servicemen Card / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Chicago Tribune - 13 February 1944, Daily Times - 28 November 1944