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Personal info

Full name
MAXWELL, Britt D Jr
Date of birth
03 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Raeford, Hoke County, North Carolina
Hometown
Cumberland County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34678301
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
853rd Bombardment Squadron,
491st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Berge, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 39 20

Immediate family

Members
Britt D. Maxwell (father)
Mirtie M. (Crawley)
William C. Maxwell (brother)
Jack Maxwell (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95104
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Hamm, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 9427

Biography

www.theyfoughtforfreedom.nl/britt_d_maxwell_jr.htm

More information

Maj Herbert B. Bronner:
B-24, A/C no. 104, went down with no. 1 and no. 2 engine smoking and crashed near Hamm, Germany at 1347 hours. Above the target, the aircraft was heavily hit by German anti-aircraft fire. Three chutes observed.

He did not have time to bail out.

Source of information: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen and the Maxwell family, Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen and the Maxwell Family

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