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DENTON, Max Worley - Date of
birth
2 April 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Bristol County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Sullivan County, Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34886179 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
816th Bombardment Squadron,
483rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
21 March 1945 - Place of
death
Vienna, Austria
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | 31 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Clarence J. Denton (father)
Myra V. (Hopkins) Denton (mother)
Allie Denton (sister)
Clarence H. Denton (brother)
Grace H. (Mulcahey) Denton (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-6552 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Vienna, Austria
Mission: Combat Bombing
MACR: 13049
More information
S/Sgt Max W. Denton enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 6 October 1943.Statement by 2nd Lt Gammon, Co-Pilot of A/C 44-8113:
"I saw ship #44-6552, piloted by Lt. Venable, before, at the time of the flak hit, and all the way down after the flak hit. The plane was flying number four position in the high right box. The plane was on the bomb run and no bombs had been dropped by the box when I saw the plane hit in the tail and rear waist section. Plane had right horizontal stabilizer missing and rudder was flapping out of control. Plane pulled up out of formation, did a slow roll and immediately started a tight spin.
Plane went into a vertical dive and then into a tight spiral. When last seen plane was in a flat spin during which time one man jumped from the waist section, parachute partially opened. Plane was very low when last seen, seeming to have about three thousand to five thousand feet altitude."
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.usaafdata.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Denton Family Tree, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, etvma.org