Louis Swiridow

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down over France on 7 June '44 in B-24H #42-52634. Killed in Action (KIA). Member of Schwab's crew on 'Box Car'. Had also flown on Tintary Crew 'High Hopes'

PH , Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster EAME Medal

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Units served with

487th Bomb Group

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

839th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-52624

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Boxcar
Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		7 June 1944
Born	Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA
Buried
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Austria	7 June 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:06

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5483 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/TintaryCrew.shtml