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Personal info

Full name
FIRING, Finn
Date of birth
4 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Norway
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
T-002493
Rank
Flight Officer
Function
Bombardier
Unit
748th Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 July 1944
Place of death
Perlach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 19 8

Immediate family

Members
Asbjorn A. Firing (father)
Bergliot (Lunde) Firing (mother)
Roy Firing (brother)
Peter C. Firing (brother)
Bjorn E. Firing (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97087
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Tujunga
Destination: Munich, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the BMW airplane engine works
MACR: 7829

More information

F/O Finn Firing was a clerk before he joined the Regular Army in New York City, New York on 5 September 1941.

Aircraft 42-97087, named "Tujunga," piloted by Byron S. Schiffman took a direct hit by flak in the target area. Engine #1 caught fire and the plane’s wing broke off. The plane spiraled down and exploded. Seven members of the crew were killed and three chutes were seen to open.

He didn’t bail out, he was last seen in nose lying face down on floor.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Lear Family Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton/ Carolyn Deloach
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – J, www.457thbombgroupassoc.org