David R Holler
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. John Kenney crew. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Semmenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8861
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190888
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Aint Bluffing
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Luxembourg American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sanilac County, MI | 26 August 1921 | Son of David J Holler and Hazel Pearl [Brumbaugh] Flannigan. |
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 13 January 1942 | Detroit, Michigan |
Died |
Semmenstedt, Germany | 13 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Semmenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 KIA MACR 8861 |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Metfield | 13 September 1944 | Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Plot H Row 7 Grave 60 | |
Buried |
Lexington Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, MI | Memorialised Lexington Memorial Cemetery Lexington, Michigan |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database