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ZIVANIDIS, Theodore - Date of
birth
28 November 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Ashbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-772108 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
527th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
30 November 1944 - Place of
death
1 km southwest of Threna near Leipzig, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Athanasions Zivanidis (father)
Elizabeth (Krettecos) Zivanidis (mother)
Stella Zivanidis (sister)
Christopher F. Zivanidis (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-6140 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Miss Lace
Destination: Zeitz, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil plants
MACR: 11126
More information
Theodore Zivanidis was a shoemaker.He joined the Coast Artillery Corps of the National Guard on 16 September 1940 in New York City, New York and later transferred to the Air Corps. He graduated from the bombardier-navigation school at Victorvill Army Air Field in California on 18 March 1944.
The airplane was shot down by flak and lost the right wing in an explosion. It was last seen in a steep dive and crashed at 1340 hours. No chutes were seen.
One crew member survived and was taken prisoner, eight men were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bomb Class Book 44-04, Victorville AAF, California.