Max Edward Kirby

Military
media-52505.jpeg UPL 52505 Back L-R: Robert L Poss, Wendell R Weatherley, Salvatore P Palandino, Carl W Short.

Front L-R: Max E Kirby, Calvin S Hallman, H B Tomkin, Leonard V Penny, Henry H Hill.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52505 - Back L-R: Robert L Poss, Wendell R Weatherley, Salvatore P Palandino, Carl W Short. Front L-R: Max E Kirby, Calvin S Hallman, H B Tomkin, Leonard...

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

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Carl W Short

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Wendel Reinthrope Weatherly

  • 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

43-37602

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Vivian
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38330

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gambler's Choice
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group, airborne in spite of the flak hole ripped into its left wing. Printed caption on reverse: '56751 AC- BERLIN DAMAGE- Flak over Berlin, March 18 1945, during the more than 1300 heavy bomber attack on rail and industrial targets in the capital city of the Reich, was responsible for the torn wing tip on the US Eight AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Intense anti-aircraft fire made things hot for the heavy bombers over the target. US Air Force Photo.'

43-38425

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

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

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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138344430/max-edward-kirby

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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

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Contributorgfeindel
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401st Bomb Group web site and personal papers of Calvin Hallman.

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ContributorAAM
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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

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