Max Edward Kirby
MilitaryFront L-R: Max E Kirby, Calvin S Hallman, H B Tomkin, Leonard V Penny, Henry H Hill.
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 6 x combat missions. Carl Short crew.
Missions: Furstenfeldbrugh 9-Apr-45; Oranienburg 10-Apr-45; Royan 15-Apr-45; Regensburg 16-Apr-45; Falkenburg 19-Apr-45; flew spare Dresden 17-Apr-45. Flew several 'Cooks Tours' after war ended in Europe, then flew our combat plane back to US with 10 extra passengers, 3-Jun-45.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19047883 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Vivian
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gambler's Choice
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Dunwoody, Georgia | 24 November 1923 | Son of Tolleson Jefferson and Laura Lucinda [Little] Kirby. |
Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA | 25 February 1943 | Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia |
Died |
Cumming, GA | 19 April 2010 | |
Buried |
New Hope Cemetery Dunwoody, DeKalb County, GA | 22 April 2010 | New Hope Cemetery Dunwoody, DeKalb County, Georgia |
Based |
Deenethorpe | Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/646549596
https://www.fold3.com/record/88326453/max-e-kirby-wwii-army-enlistment-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/111221911/max-edward-kirby-social-security…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2713
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12631
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138344430/max-edward-kirby
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2713