Norman Wesley Achen
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Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITEREASERCH
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Hit by Flak whilst strafing a ground target in P-51 43-6882, performed a belly landing in the vicinity of Lake Zwischenahner. Last contacted by radio. 15-Aug-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8147
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kenosha, WI, USA | 11 July 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Phoenix, AZ, USA | 6 June 1942 | Phoenix, Arizona |
Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 11 June 1944 - 15 August 1944 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Shot down |
Bad Zwischenahn, Germany | 15 August 1944 | Hit by Flak whilst strafing a ground target in P-51 43-6882, performed a belly landing in the vicinity of Lake Zwischenahner. Last contacted by radio. POW. 15-Aug-44. MACR 8147. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 15 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Died |
Carlsbad, CA | 17 February 2010 | |
Buried |
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, CA | 20 February 2010 | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California |
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/110727068/norman-wesley-achen-social-secur…
https://www.fold3.com/record/716274676/achen-norman-w-us-veterans-grave…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68686628/norman-w-achen
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list