Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
John Meurs
Relationship
Dutch Historian
SERVICE NUMBER: 32823090. WAIST-GUNNER WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 853RD BOMB SQUADRON (H) OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, A B-24, SERIAL NUMBER 41-28884, WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY. THE WHOLE CREW, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, WAS KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THE AIRCRAFT.