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LEVEY, Paul Don - Date of
birth
15 October 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois -
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36654552 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
715th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
21 November 1944 - Place of
death
Isle of Ruegen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Albert Levey (father)
Pearl T. (Taitel) Levey (mother)
Floyd Levey (brother)
Phillip Levey (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-28925 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Little Joe
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing Industrial Target
MACR: 10407
More information
The B-24 Liberator was attacked by fighters and crashed on the Isle of Reugen, 14 km northwest of Bergen in the vicinity of Farm Venz on 21 November 1944 at 1305 o’çlock. Of the 9 crew members, only Sgt Herbert C. Dennis Jr. survived and was taken prisoner.He made the following statement:
"On 21 November 1944, we bombed Hamburg. Going over the target, the number one and two engines were damaged by flak. Lt Bowers, Pilot, consulted with the crew and decided to go to Sweden. Approximately over the Virgin Islands, a ME 262 hit us, and the ship was set on fire and exploded.
I was blown clear and after several minutes pulled my ripcord and my parachute opened. I landed on the Virgin Islands. I saw no other chutes open and saw none of the crew after that. The next day, a German Medical Officer said five bodies had been found in the ship, but he did not say who they were. That is all the information I can give."
All crew members were initially buried at the cemetery in Bergen on Ruegen.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.b24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, WWII Draft Cards; 1930 US Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten