Donald L Ahlwardt
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 19541
Donald Ahlwardt, Danbury, Iowa, Killed in Action
Charles D Taylor collection
From KIA Chapter, Book - "Iowans of the Mighty Eighth" by Charles D Taylor
Involved in a mid-air collision with a B-17 from the 447th BG over the German coast NW of Hamburg after a mission to Berlin was recalled on 3 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-38075. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
3 March 1944 | ||
Born |
Danbury, Iowa, USA | ||
Buried |
Memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Denmark | 3 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2794 / MACR 2794, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database