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Personal info

Full name
GRAUBART, Adolf
Date of birth
30 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Stanislawow, Poland
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
12154095
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
367th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1944
Place of death
Vlessendijk, near the farm of Mr. Kremer
Nieuw Heeten, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 7 12

Immediate family

Members
Phillip Graubart (father)
Helen (Schwartz) Graubart (mother)
Henry Graubart (brother)
John Graubart (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31236
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Arch Bishop
Mission: Halberstadt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Junkers aviation industry
MACR: 1933

More information

Adolf Graubart volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in New York City, New York on 15 October 1942.

The plane #42-31538 collided with plane #42-31236 after being attacked by a FW 190 of II/JG26.

All crew members of both airplanes, twenty men in total, were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Servicemen Card / New York Passengers List

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.teunispats.nl/fr-wwii.htm, Teunis Schuurman