Max Merideth Hailey
MilitaryAssigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41158; hit by fighters, aflame and with three engines out, crashed Olomouc, Czech. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10650
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Aldrich, MO | 22 November 1920 | Son of Frank King and Lora E [Long] Hailey. |
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Died |
Olomouc, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41158; hit by fighters, aflame and with three engines out, crashed Olomouc, Czech. KIA MACR 10650 |
| Kansas City, MO | NoK: Wife Janevieve Hailey. | ||
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Buried |
Bona Cemetery Bona, Dade County, MO | Re-Interred Bona Cemetery Bona, Dade County, MO | |
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Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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Enlisted |
Missouri, USA |