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Personal info

Full name
SERUM, Philip Thorvald Jr
Date of birth
28 August 1917
Age
25
Place of birth
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34231686
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
330th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1943
Place of death
Near Südmoslesfehn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 35 14

Immediate family

Members
Philip T. Serum Sr. (father)
Lillian D. (Lewis) Serum (mother)
Ruth A. Serum (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23666
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Hot Freight
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 15155

More information

Philip T. Serum Jr. attended high school for four years and was a switchman at the railroad company.

He enlisted at Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 15 february 1942.
The aircraft was probably shot down by enemy fighters.

One crew member survived the crash, nine men were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Bad-Zwischenahn, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lakes Miller Family Tree, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - Patootie