Norman S. Rosenberg
Rank: Technical Sergeant, United States Army Air Forces
Service Number: 32263914
Unit: 334th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Awards: Purple Heart
Buried at: Section 34, Site 4520, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Biography
Norman S. Rosenberg — 334th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group
Norman S. Rosenberg was born in 1919 in New York. He was drafted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on April 2, 1942. At the time of his draft, he had attended three years of college and was unmarried. He served as a radio operator on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber with the 334th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, stationed in England.
The 95th Bomb Group was famous for conducting the first American daylight raid on Berlin on March 6, 1944. On May 24, 1944, Technical Sergeant Rosenberg was aboard B-17G #42-39924 “TORNADO,” piloted by 2nd Lt. William Sheehan, during a raid on Berlin. Of 22 aircraft on the mission, six were damaged; Rosenberg’s aircraft was the only one lost. Norman S. Rosenberg was killed in action on May 24, 1944.
After the war, his remains were brought home and buried at Arlington National Cemetery, along with pilot 2nd Lt. Sheehan and crew members.