Max Alton Helderman
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return Brux, Czech shot down, crashed at Kamberg, Germany 12-May-44 in B-17 42-97654. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4861.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16042154 / O-661944
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Yankton, SD | 29 January 1920 | Son of Noah Edward and Annis Beulah [Alton] Helderman. |
Enlisted |
Lafayette, IN, USA | 8 July 1942 | La Fayette, Indiana |
Other Crash landed RTD |
Shropham, Attleborough NR17 1EJ, UK | 4 February 1944 | Crash landed in a field near East Shropham due to the props on two engines running away on form-up for a mission to Frankfurt on 4-Feb-44 in B-17F 42-30188 'Temptation'. RTD. |
Died |
Kamberg, 53940 Hellenthal, Germany | 12 May 1944 | Failed to Return Brux, Czech shot down, crashed at Kamberg, Germany 12-May-44 in B-17 42-97654. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4861. |
Based |
Snetterton Heath | 12 May 1944 | Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot K Row 3 Grave 10 |
Revisions
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4861 / MACR 4861, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, pg 148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database