Maxwell W Sullivan
Military ROLL OF HONOURObject Number - UPL 82931 - Maxwell Weston Sullivan West Point yearbook photo
Shot down 27 January 1943 in B-24D 41-23776 'Spirit of '76' while serving as Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA). Target was Wilhelmshaven, but weather conditions were poor. Plane was attacked by FW 190s, caught on fire, exploded and crashed on Terschelling Island, Holland.
Purple Heart, Air Medal
1st Lieutenant Maxwell W. Sullivan, Jr., was born June 19, 1918 in New Jersey. His next of kin was his father, Colonel Maxwell W. Sullivan, Sr. His hometown of record was Washington, D.C. He graduated from West Point in 1941.
On January 27, 1943, he was the Pilot of B-24 “Spirit of ‘76,” tail #41-23776, of the 44th Bomb Group, 68th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over the island of Terschelling, Netherlands.
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Margraten, Holland.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Spirit of 76
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
19 June 1918 | 1st Lieutenant Maxwell W. Sullivan, Jr., was born June 19, 1918. His next of kin was his father, Colonel Maxwell W. Sullivan, Sr. His hometown of record was Washington, D.C. | |
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Buried |
Buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot P, Row 22, Grave 9. | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
27 January 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed on Terschelling Island, Holland. On January 27, 1943, he was the Pilot of B-24 “Spirit of ‘76,” tail #41-23776, of the 44th Bomb Group, 68th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over the island of Terschelling, Netherlands. |
Revisions
Entry COMBINES data from a duplicate entry drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.303rdbg.com/sullivan.html
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2015. Added SN & KIA event per MACR 15459; Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; COMBINED fata from a duplicate entry drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.303rdbg.com/sullivan.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15459 / MACR 15459, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 68 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database