Max E Castner

Military

17 missions. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #427679 'The Beast. ' POW. Earlier, December 16, 1943 crashed at Bungay on return from the 446th first operational mission in B24#42-7539. 10 RTD Pilot P. Schopfer



POW

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-7679

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Princeton, Illinois 6 January 1918

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 April 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3930 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 3930, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 423; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 78