Aleck Amos Amich
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
466th BG - 785th BS
KIA
Shot down 23 March 1944
Died in hospital 27 March 1944
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 16165 - SSGT Aleck Amos Amich 466th BG - 785th BS KIA Shot down 23 March 1944 Died in hospital 27 March 1944
B-24H #41-29466 'Dark Rhapsody' crashed into Lake Belterwijde, Holland after colliding with another aircraft on a mission to Achmer airfield, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dark Rhapsody
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bayfield County, WI, USA | 10 March 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 19 September 1942 | |
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Died |
Meppel, Netherlands | 27 March 1944 | Diaconessen Hospital |
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Buried |
Ashland, WI, USA | Saint Agnes Cemetery Ashland Ashland County Wisconsin, USA Tail Gunner Aleck Amich who was in the hospital in Meppel - died 27 March 1944 - buried in Meppel He was first re-interred in Margraten and later in Wisconsin, USA | |
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Other Survived mid-air collision |
Vollenhove, Netherlands | 23 March 1944 | Amich survived the mid-air collision but was seriously wounded. He died in hospital 4 days later People who saw the tail-section falling down at a nearby spot - thought this was a Fighter - IT WAS NOT A FIGHTER - but the tail-section - incl. Amich - who died 27 March in Meppel ( Hospital) |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3456 / MACR 3456, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
