Emil J Larsen

Military

Assigned to 766BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Nixon crew. 1st mission, to Vienna, baled out of B-24 'Cherokee' prior to its belly landing at base. RTD



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-99759

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Cherokee
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron

Places

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Racine County, WI 28 January 1918

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 29 May 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Died

Racine, WI 1 September 2005

Buried

Graceland Cemetery Racine, Racine County, WI 4 September 2005 Graceland Cemetery Racine, Racine County, WI

Based

Torretta Assigned to 766BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/48017272-emil-j-larsen
https://www.fold3.com/record/84404080-emil-j-larsen
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180608971/emil-j_-larsen