Max Levine
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 45078
UPL 45078
Levine Crew in training. Max Levine, Pilot, 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 15 x combat missions. Crashed near Mayen in B-17 'Hot After It' 44-6149 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 9478
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065361
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37556819
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lead Banana
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hot After It
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Wesseling, Germany | 11 October 1944 | Last seen in nose near emergency hatch. Crew believe he was sucked out of A/C without chute. |
Born |
Omaha, Nebraska, USA | Son of Marion Nina Levine. | |
Based |
Grafton Underwood | 11 October 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Beth Israel Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA | Re-Interred Beth Israel Cemetery Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorHotelie1970
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Sources
General Order 322 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Major General Williams, dated 11 September 1944
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
AAIR 44-10-10-524 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9478 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database