Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 01 Aug 1943
Sanford Reback.
330th Squadron · Of RI.
The man.
§ 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
RI
Missions flown.
3 catalogued · newest first
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Ardennes American Cemetery
Location
D 5 17