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PHILLIPS, Hymen - Date of
birth
22 October 1918 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota -
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
17047814 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
324th Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
4 March 1943 - Place of
death
Wadden Sea, south of Texel Island, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Jacob Phillips (father)
Florence (Greenstein) Phillips (mother)
Morris Phillips (brother)
David Phillips (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-5370 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Hamm, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 16102
More information
Sgt Hymen Phillips volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 20 January 1942.The airplane was shot down by Hptm Lutje of IV/NJG1. Nine crew members were killed, one survived and was taken prisoner.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Jewish servicemen card / Family Tree / Birth Index
Photo source: Robin Doroshow - Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, Mike Hymen Phillips (nephew)