Darrell Alton Waas
Military
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Object Number - UPL 57178 - SSgt Darrel A Waas. KIA 5 Apr 1945
Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bayreuth in B-24 42-94941 'Pin Up Girl' 5-Apr-45; shot down at Barendrecht baled out of top escape hatch and hit tail, chute not seen to open. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13853
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pin Up Girl
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Sterling, CO | 12 July 1925 | Son of B F and Gladys Maas. |
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Died |
Barendrecht, Germany | 5 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bayreuth in B-24 42-94941 'Pin Up Girl' 5-Apr-45; shot down at Barendrecht Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13853 |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands Plot H Row 10 Grave 9 | |
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Based |
Bungay | 5 April 1945 | Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
