Gotha Herbert Joseph

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Herbert Joseph Gotha is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

388th Bomb Group Memorial -RAF Knettishall Station 136

Name:

Herbert Joseph Gotha

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-808037

Unit:

560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1944-03-08

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupr�, Belgium

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Comments:

Herbert Joseph Gotha was born in 1920. He served in the 560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator of #42-37819 "Jimmy Lee" aircraft during World War II. He was Killed in Action on March 8, 1944 and is now buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupr�, Belgium. He also has a cenotaph located in Paxton Center Cemetery, Paxton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant Gotha was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.