Paul S Iden

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return from Ramrod to Merseburg, section turned to engage 50+ enemy fighters, not seen after engagement, shot down in P-51B 43-6959 near Wolfsbehringen. 11-Sep-44. Lt Iden Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8985.



AM (OLC), PH

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Units served with

Aircraft

P-51 Mustangs including (serial number 43-6656) and (serial number 43-6959) at Speke, Liverpool for delivery to US Army Air Force Groups. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Assembled P-51Bs of an early shipment at Speke a/d, winter 43-44.'

43-6959

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minerva, OH 44657, USA 21 March 1917

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 18 June 1944 - 11 September 1944 Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Wolfsbehringen, 99820 Hörselberg-Hainich, Germany 11 September 1944 Failed to return from Ramrod to Merseburg, section turned to engage 50+ enemy fighters, not seen after engagement, shot down in P-51B 43-6959 near Wolfsbehringen. 11-Sep-44. Lt Iden Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8985.
Bonham, Texas, USA

Buried

Minerva, OH 44657, USA East Lawn Cemetery Minerva Stark County Ohio, USA.

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=8985
https://www.fold3.com/image/28666727
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Iden&GSfn=Paul&GS…;

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8985 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list