Max H Dahl
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
from boxted archive
Object Number - UPL 26467
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Mid Air Collision in P-47 42-75232, Chelmsford, 21-Jan-45. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: GC, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Power's Girl Pam
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Walnut, IL | 1 July 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
Peoria, IL | 7 December 1942 | Peoria, Illinois |
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Other Commissioned |
23 May 1944 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Based |
Boxted | 19 December 1944 - 21 January 1945 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died Killed in action |
Chelmsford, UK | 21 January 1945 | Mid Air Collision in P-47 42-75232 Chelmsford KIA, 21-Jan-45. |
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Buried |
22 January 1945 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
Walnut Cemetery Walnut, Bureau County, IL | Re-Interred Walnut Cemetery Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
