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Escape and Evasion Report 1615
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1944 · Escape and Evasion Reports
Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 01 Aug 1943
Sanford Reback.
330th Squadron · Of Providence County, Rhode Island, RI.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Sanford A. Reback served as navigator on the 1 August 1943 Ploesti mission. Lt. Beaumont believed him to be dead, noting that Reback was in the nose of the aircraft when the plane reached the crash site.
Romanian witnesses reported that crew members not seen alive after the crash were dead, with some bodies carbonized. Beaumont listed Reback among those believed dead based on his position in the aircraft and the Romanian reports.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Serial Number
O-796598
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island, RI
Missions flown.
3 catalogued · 01 Aug 1944 — 01 Aug 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Ardennes American Cemetery
Location
D 5 17
Burial
D 5 17
Photographs.
2 on file
Read the records.
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record
Second Air Division
Roll of Honor
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