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Max Welker Conn

Military

Credited with two enemy aircraft destroyed.

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Units served with

An FW 190 (00-L, serial number H-45) captured by the 404th Fighter Group at St Trond. Image via Harold. Written on slide casing: 'FW 190, 404 FG St Trond, 3/45.'

404th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

506th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Places

Bretigny

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Brétigny-sur-Orge

Aerial photograph of Winkton airfield looking south, the main runway runs vertically, 12 December 1946. Photograph taken by No. 82 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CPE/UK/1893. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Winkton

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Pekin, Illinois	20 May 1920
Enlisted	Peoria, Illinois	27 August 1941	5'7" 140 lbs
Died	Coulommiers, France	27 August 1944
Buried	Pekin, Illinois		Lakeside Cemetery Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA

Revisions

Date29 Apr 2019 01:06:09

Contributor466thHistorian

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Sources

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=4148905…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58260410/max-welker-conn
http://www.winkton.net/Leap%20Off/LeapOffPdf3.pdf