Alwin Max Juchheim Jr

Military
media-33351.jpeg UPL 33351 Capt Max Juchheim 78th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 33351 - Capt Max Juchheim 78th FG

Flight leader/Ass't OPS officer 83rd FS 78th FG
76 combat missions 237 combat hours
9 air kills + 6 ground kills
POW May 28, 1944 (collision with P-51B) MACR# 5280

Connections

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106486

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Virginia
  • Unit: 363rd Fighter Group 382nd Fighter Squadron

42-26016

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

42-26020

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Lady Jane
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

42-74690

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grenada, Mississippi, USA 24 February 1922 Son of Alwin Max Sr and Jenny [Moore] Juchheim.

Enlisted

Jackson, MS 27 March 1942 Jackson, Mississippi

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Hollland 28 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW).

Other

Mid air collision POW

Gardelegen, Germany 28 May 1944 Mid air collision with P-51B, baled out POW MACR 5280

Based

Duxford 28 May 1944 Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date4 Apr 2021 15:18:17
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, awards, events and unit associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28626671
https://www.fold3.com/image/161284788
https://www.fold3.com/record/84017993/alwin-m-juchheim-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140474923/alwin-max-juchheim

Date3 Aug 2020 01:45:55
Contributorfugari
ChangesChanges to role
Sources

corrected role/job with proper nomenclature

Date30 Jul 2020 19:48:56
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
Sources

Added a connection to A/C #42-106486 per info in the description section of A/C #42-26016.

Date30 Jul 2020 19:18:56
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to role
Sources

Removed extra characters from the Role field.

Date8 Apr 2020 21:51:05
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to unit associations
Sources

Added a connection to the 78th FG mentioned in "Summary biography".

Date14 May 2018 22:06:32
Contributorfugari
ChangesChanges to middlename, nickname, service number, role, biography, awards, place associations and media associations
Sources

JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Date30 Aug 2017 10:38:15
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to middlename, suffix, biography and events
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list.;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air ForceMACR 5280

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:38
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 5280 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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