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HORCASITAS, Fred - Date of
birth
30 October 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico -
Hometown
Grant County, New Mexico
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18035268 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Waist Gunner -
Unit
351st Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
31 December 1944 - Place of
death
Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Joe M. Horcasitas (father)
Adela (Lucero) Horcasitas (mother)
Rita Horcasitas (sister)
Margaret J. Horcasitas (sister)
William Horcasitas (brother)
Elizabeth Horcasitas (sister)
Consuela Horcasitas (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31066 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Dixie Baby aka Fools Rush In
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Rheunania Ossag oil refinery
MACR: 11366
More information
S/Sgt Fred Horcasitas attended college for 3 years and was a sales clerk.He joined the Regular Army in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 12 September 1941.
The aircraft received a direct hit by flak just before bombs away. The bombs were salvoed and the aircraft fell off on the right wing and dropped on to A/C 43-38124. Both went down in flames and one exploded.
Three crew members were taken prisoner, six were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, 100thbg.com, Footnote.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees
Photo source: Michel Beckers, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-F, Sequoia, California