Donald Lewis Ahlwardt
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
From KIA Chapter, Book - "Iowans of the Mighty Eighth" by Charles D Taylor
Object Number - UPL 19541 - Donald Ahlwardt, Danbury, Iowa, Killed in Action
Assigned to 331BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Involved in a mid-air collision with a B-17 from the 447th BG over the German coast NW of Hamburg after a mission to Berlin was recalled on 3-Mar-44 in B-17 42-38075. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33418975
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Danbury, Iowa | 4 May 1923 | BornDanbury, Iowa |
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Died |
NW of Hamburg | 3 March 1944 | NW of Hamburg |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Netherlands | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingNetherlands American Cemetery and MemorialMargraten, Netherlands |
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Buried Memorialised |
Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, California, | 1 January 1948 | MemorialisedRiverside National CemeteryRiverside, Riverside County, California, |
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Buried Memorialised |
Liston Township Cemetery Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa | 1 January 1949 | MemorialisedListon Township CemeteryDanbury, Woodbury County, Iowa |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2794 / MACR 2794, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
