Max Gottlieb
MilitaryAssigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 + combat missions. Flew with Thomas Batcha, Richard Robinson, Edward Komurka crews. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen in B-17 42-3317 'The Spirit of '76' 30-Nov-43; hit by Flak in starboard wing, baled out. Evaded capture (EVD) - MACR 1559 - See the page with full details about his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fgottlima.html
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31145973
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16058553 / O-737970
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15171099 and O-801481
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
10 October 1920 | Illinois | |
Other Bailed out |
Sterrenbos, near Haelen, the Netherlands | 30 November 1943 | of B-17 42-3317 over Holland |
Other Evaded (EVD) |
The Netherlands and Belgium | 30 November 1943 - 3 September 1944 | Evaded capture. Liberated in Brussels on 3 September 1944. Back in England on 10 September. |
Died |
10 January 1971 | ||
Based |
Horham | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1559 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database