WILSON Max W - 836 BS 487 BGH

 

Max W. WILSON

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE18036098
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1921 TEXAS
ETATDonley  TEXAS 
FAMILY

 Single

RANKStaff Sergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT ActorNE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT9 January 1941 Lubbock TEXAS 
 SQUADRON836th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP487th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH2 July 1944wilson max tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHSiracourt, Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise,  PAS-DE-CALAIS
DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type H-15-FO - s/n 42-52609 2G*? Carré-P "Murph's Mighty Mob"

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Macr: 6770

Mission: Siracourt

Takeoff Station 137 Lavenham, Suffolk

Shots by flak - Airplane in flames partially evacuated at 14:07 to 7,000 feet

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
D742
DECORATION

Air Medal + OLC

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

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Photo FDLM

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STORY
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Crew of  B-24 Liberator - type H-15-FO - s/n 42-52609 2G*? Carré-P

"Murph's Mighty Mob"

2nd Lieutenant James A LOGAN Pilot Dead Veterans Cem. Somerville, MASSACHUSETTS O-690319 - 23 yo -  Somerville, MASSACHUSETTS
2nd Lieutenant Bruno  MATIKA CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-758713 - AM+1/PH - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
2nd Lieutenant Harry LeRoy DORAN Navigator Prisoner- Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12  O-703964 - Born the 18/06/1922 - Nyack, NEW YORK 
S/Sergeant William T.  JOHNSON Radio/Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  32783290 - AM+1/PH - Tottenville 7, Staten Island, NEW YORK - Would have evacuated and died on the ground
T/Sergeant George Hubert GREER Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner- Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow  11131195 - Jamaica Plain, MASSACHUSETTS - Hospitalized in Lille-Calmette
S/Sergeant Max W.  WILSON Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  18036098 - AM+1/PH - Clarendon, TEXAS
S/Sergeant Herman William  BUCK Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  12143946 - AM+1 - Woodhaven, NEW YORK
S/Sergeant Louis PELLIZZER Gunner Dead Jefferson Barracks Nat Cem. - Saint Louis, MISSOURI 39836172 - San Mateo, CALIFORNIA
Sergeant John Finlay ROSS Bomber Prisoner- Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow  32311844 - Savannah, GEORGIA 

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Logan Crew - 836th Squadron

Back row L to R: 2nd Lt James A. Logan (pilot), 2nd Lt Bruno Matika (co-pilot), Larry D. Weeks (bombardier), 2nd Lt Harry L. Doran (navigator)
Front row L to R: S/Sgt William T. Johnson (radio operator), unknown, S/Sgt Louis Pellizzer (gunner), S/Sgt Max W. Wilson (gunner), T/Sgt George H. Greer (flight engineer)
(Photo provided by Harry Doran, Pellizzer identified by his grand niece Elizabeth Pinotti)
SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO 487thbg.org

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov - Facebook.com - Aad.archives.gov  - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries
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