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Personal info

Full name
ZACK, Matthew Anthony
Date of birth
6 May 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-798067
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
524th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1943
Place of death
Singhofen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 21 8

Immediate family

Members
Mattias A. Zack (father)
Tess (Simperman) Zack (mother)
Viola (Olah) Zack (wife)
Dennis M. Zack (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3056
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the ball bearing plants
MACR: 955

More information

1st Lt Matthew A. Zack graduated from John Marshall High School. He was employed as an accountant and branch manager for the Keil Driveway Company.

The airplane was shot down with a rocket by Feldwebel Mader in a BF-110G-2 of ZG 76/2. The airplane exploded in mid-air, killing the entire crew of ten men.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census / 1940 census / Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950; United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: The Cleveland Press - 28 October 1943, Mary Ann Hunker - niece - courtesy of Maria de Graaf-Bessems, board member Stichting Adoptie Graven Amerikaanse Begraafplaats Margraten