Hetzel Kavork Boden
MilitaryAssigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Redon, France hit by ground fire in fuel tanks, abandoned P-51B 42-106700 which crashed into channel 10-Jun-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5743.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cumberland, MD, USA | 4 April 1923 | Son of Charles L and Lulu L Boden. |
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Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD, USA | 13 July 1942 | |
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Based |
Fowlmere | 24 May 1944 - 10 June 1944 | Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 10 June 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Liberated from Stalag Luft VIIa Moosburg, Germany, 29-Apr-45, according to word received by his wife. |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
35600 Redon, France | 10 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Redon, France hit by ground fire in fuel tanks, abandoned P-51B 42-106700 which crashed into channel 10-Jun-44. POW. MACR 5743. |
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Died |
Cumberland, MD, USA | 24 March 1955 | |
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Buried |
Cumberland, MD 21502, USA | Hillcrest Memorial Park Cumberland Allegany County Maryland, USA |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=borden
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmpilot.asp?Pilot=Boden%2C+Hetz…
https://www.fold3.com/page/83786924_hetzel_k%20boden/details/
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39257097
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=boden&GSfn=hetzel…;
Image, POW and burial details courtesy of Astrid van Erp, Fields of Honour database at http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/
Image, POW and burial details courtesy of Astrid van Erp, Fields of Honour database at http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/
Image, POW and Burial details courtesy of Astrid van Erp, Fields of Honour database at http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/
Image, POW and burial information courtesy of Astrid van Erp, Fields of Honour database at http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5743 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list