Max Alton Helderman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James Edward Knupp

  • 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

42-30188

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cat’s Sass Temptation
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

42-97654

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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