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Personal info

Full name
AUGENSTENE, Jacob Albert Jr
Date of birth
28 September 1917
Age
25
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-789432
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
67th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 March 1943
Place of death
Villers-Ecalles, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 25 9

Immediate family

Members
Jacob A. Augenstene (father)
Olive M. Augenstene (mother)
Virginia A. (Tellin) Augenstene (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23784
Data
Nickname: Miss Dianne
Type: B-24D
Destination: Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 15570

More information

Jacob Augenstene graduated from Pennsylvania State College with the class of 1939. He worked in the real estate department of the Union National Bank.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 8 October 1941.

The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft in the vicinity of Villers-Ecalles, France. As a result of this attack, their plane burst into flames.

Eight crew members were killed, three men survived and were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, South Hills High School 1935, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph - 14 May 1943