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Personal info

Full name
APKING, Marvin Henry
Date of birth
4 August 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Nebraska
Hometown
Obert, Cedar County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
O-757606
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
349th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 May 1944
Place of death
Neumünster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 36 13

Immediate family

Members
Henry C. Apking (father)
Carrie Apking (mother)
Clarence Apking (brother)
Lawrence Apking (brother)
Everett L. Apking (brother)
Maxine A. (Stephenson) Apking (wife)
Marvin H. Apking Jr. (son)
Marilyn K. Apking (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102635
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 5171

More information

2n Lt Marvin H. Apking was married to Maxine A. Stephenson on 18 January 1942. His wife was pregnant with a second child, Marilyn Kay. She was born in December 1944.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters. It is possible it was shot down, some records state that it collided with the FW 190 of 1st Lt König of I/JG 11. Due to bad weather and smoke it is uncertain if this collision concerned this B-17 or another one.

The entire crew of ten men was killed. They were buried on 27 May 1944 at the South cemetery of Neumunster.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy Miller (granddaughter), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.100thbg.com, Kathy Miller