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Personal info

Full name
NOLL, Paul William
Date of birth
January 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37410711
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
401st Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 May 1944
Place of death
Hennigsdorf, northwest of Berlin, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 11 3

Immediate family

Members
Emil D. Klose (father)
Ida M. (Schroder) Noll (mother)
George Klose (stepfather)
Frank Klose (stepbrother)
Leo Klose (stepbrother)
Raymond Klose (stepbrother)
Ida M. Noll (sister)
Walter M. Noll (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97455
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: The Keystone Mama
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 4829

More information

T/Sgt Paul Noll ttended Roosevelt High School and worked a clerk for Wagner Electric Corporation

He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 13 January 1943 and was sent overseas in March 1944.


The aircraft took a flak hit in the right wing which broke off at #4 engine.

Eight crew members were killed. They were first buried at the Memorial Cemetery at Elsgrund-Döbertitz on 24 May 1944. Between 30 November and 7 December their remains were disinterred and evacuated to Ardennes.

One crew member, the co-pilot, Joseph J. Kozina, was taken prisoner.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Tree / Birth Record, www.8thafhs.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - The St. Louis Star and Times

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The St. Louis Star and Times