Augarten Rudolph 'Rudy'

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Rudolph 'Rudy' Augarten is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Courteilles Airmen Escape Plaque

Name:

Rudolph 'Rudy' Augarten

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-675813

Unit:

406th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group

Date of Death:

2000-09-11

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Mount Sinai Memorial Park Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California,

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross

Comments:

2nd Lt Rudolph Augarten, pilot of the P-47 Thunderbolt 42-76365, took off station 415 in Bisterne, Hampshire, UK at 1230 on a patrol mission over Caen. He was shot by flak at 1200 and bailed out at 6000 feet. A French family hid him for three weeks. He decided to walk back to Allied lines but was captured, finally escaping through the farm prison�s roof. He flew 92 more missions before transferring to Israel�s nascent air force in 1948. His full E&E report #1031 can be read at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-1031.pdf.