Hiram Max Drache
MilitaryFlew 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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