Hiram Max Drache

Military

Flew 30 combat missions on first tour 8/14/44-1/22/45; navigator on a VHF relay B-17 plane 1/29/45 to 3/20/45, became 748 SQ. navigator 3/27/45, tow missions on second tour 4/4/45-4/18/45.















T/O Glatton in B-17G #42-97955 on 28Sept44, target Madgeburg, GE. Attacked by numerous fighters, left formation, and crashlanded in Belgium. Cew of nine all RTD.



DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

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Born

Waseca, Minnesota 18 August 1924

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self