Max T Riessen
MilitaryEvaded (EVD) Shot down by flak and crashed near Wynghene on 7/19/44 in B-24 Tondelayo #44-40284
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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: Tondelayo
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 19 July 1944 |
Revisions
ContributorJasonR
Changes
Sources
Corrected name of plane involved from "This Above All" to "Tondelayo", which is the aircraft name corresponding to the serial number and date of incident per internet research, including: http://www.b24bestweb.com/tondelayo-v1-1.htm
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7422 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database