Tzolag Aaron Aaronian
Military ROLL OF HONOURMichel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH
Killed in Action (KIA) at Krefeld in B-24 "Wynn" Our Little Lady #42-95088. The 9 man crew bailed at around 2200 feet altitude over Sevelen, Germany while trying to reach allied lines around 15 miles NW of Krefeld. 8 of the crew were captured. Tzolag was killed when his parachute failed to open. He was misidentified as a Canadian flyer and his remains were recovered by an RAF graves recovery team in Sept 1947.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
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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: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075883
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Stinky, Wynn Our Little Lady
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA | ||
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot A Row 44 Grave 7 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Krefeld, Germany | 19 February 1945 |
Revisions
Updated his middle name and the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56356801.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56356801/tzolag-aaron-aaronian
Added location of grave in the Ardennes American Cemetery to Buried event.
USAAF MACR#:12430
National Archives and Records Administration. World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: World War II Prisoners of War Data File [Archival Database]; Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942-1947; Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General, Record Group 389; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Births [1916–1970]. Volumes 92–160, 162, 168, 175, 212– 213. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Births, Corrections and Additions, 1929. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Births, Corrections and Additions, 1944. 2 volumes. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Births, Corrections and Additions, 1962. 3 volumes. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Births, Corrections and Additions, 1965. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Births, Corrections and Additions, 1968. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12430 / MACR 12430/ Addition data from 1st cousin George D. Kasparian / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database