Max Wendell Lower
Military
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Object Number - UPL 44033 - T/Sgt. Max Wendell Lower was the Radio Operator/Gunner on the B-24D, Old Baldy, in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, in the 345th Bomb...
T/Sgt. Max Lower was assigned to the 345th Bomb Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, in the 9th Air Force, USAAF, in WWll. He was the Radio Operator/Gunner on the B-24D, 42-40102, Old Baldy, on Operation Tidal Wave over the Ploesti oil refineries. His aircraft was lost near his target at Ploesti, Romania. A flak round from a Romanian 80 mm AA gun, made a direct hit on, Old Baldy, killing the Pilot 1st Lt. John J. Dore and his entire crew Killed in Action in the crash of their plane, Old Baldy. 10 (KIA). MACR 223.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 345th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11010920 / O-437913
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Old Baldy
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 345th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Twin Falls, ID | 3 March 1920 | Son of Samuel Stephen and Mary Oka [Litz] Lower. |
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Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 3 January 1942 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Died |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Radio Operator on B-24 42-40102 'Old Baldy' Lost near the target, Ploesti, AA hit point blank at 30 feet or less from a Rumanian 80 mm. Pilot 1st Lt John J Dore. 10 KIA. MACR 223. |
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Buried |
Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache County, UT | 23 November 2019 | Re-Interred Lewiston City Cemetery Lewiston, Cache County, Utah |
| Lewiston, UT, USA | Lewistown, Utah, USA. | ||
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy. | ||
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Other Assigned |
Libya | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Memory Grove Memorial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT | Memorialised Memory Grove Memorial Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah |
Revisions
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The Great Ground-Air Battle of 1 August 1943 - James Dugan & Carroll Stewart
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