Max Weinstein
Military
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Object Number - UPL 5491 - 2lt Max Weinstein of Brooklyn, New York looking very proud.
Shot down 11 December 1943 in B-17 #423488. Prisoner of War (POW).
His Aircraft crashed in the Friesland area of the Netherlands where he was cared for by the Dutch Underground for Six Months before he was eventually caught in Antwerp, Belgium while trying to make it back to England.
POW
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Weidner’s Wildcat
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Brooklyn, NY, USA | 12 October 1916 | Born in Brooklyn, New York - USA |
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Died Prisoner of War (POW) |
Brooklyn, NY, USA | 30 April 1977 | Died of a Heart Attack in Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York |
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Buried |
Farmingdale, NY, USA | 3 May 1977 | Long Island National Cemetary - Farmingdale, NY Section 3F - Site 2888 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1665 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
