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Personal info

Full name
PEREIRA, Umberto
Date of birth
August 1923
Age
19
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11018314
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Waist Gunner
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1943
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 3 10

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Batchelor (stepfather)
Mary I. Pereira (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24549
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Stupen Taket
Destination: Hamm, Germany
Mission: Bombing railroad marshalling yards
MACR:15596

More information

Sgt Umberto Pereira enlisted on 19 August 1941 at Boston, Massachusetts.

Received a direct flak burst, pilot gave bail out order just 2 men could leave the plane, crashed at Buldern/Westfalen, 5 miles northeast of Dulmen.

Source of information: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Ron Raaijmakers, Terry Hirsch, WWIIMemorial.com, NARA, MACR, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and interment Record

Photo source: Jac Engels, 91st Bomb Group