Boyd Dallas Iverson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by 20mm shells from Me109's on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, B-17 42-30340 'Screamin Red Ass' crashed West of Magdeburg, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3079



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Allan Olavi Amann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32003112 / O-748141
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30340

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dry Run, Screamin Red Ass
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fargo, North Dakota 1 January 1923 Son of Dallas F and Ethel G. [Swanson] Iverson.

Enlisted

Fort Snelling, MN 17 December 1941 Fort Snelling, Minnesota

Died

Magdeburg, Germany 8 March 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, B-17 42-30340 'Screamin Red Ass' crashed West of Magdeburg, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3079

Buried

Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN 27 April 1950 Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Based

Knettishall 8 March 1944 Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF.

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