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Personal info

Full name
NOXON, Donald Ernest

Date of birth
10 November 1919

Age
24

Place of birth
Papillion, Sarpy, Nebraska

Hometown
Port Morgan, Morgan County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
O-2044881

Rank
Second Lieutenant

Function
Pilot

Unit
535th Bombardment Squadron,
381st Bombardment Group, Heavy

Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death

Date of death
1 December 1943

Place of death
Buderich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten

Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
George E. Noxon (father)
Nellie M. (Dunigan) Noxon (mother)
Laura E. Noxon (sister)
Paul E. Noxon (brother)
Claude E. Noxon (brother)
Robert E. Noxon (brother)
George E. Noxon (brother)
Josephine E. Noxon (sister)
Norma E. Noxon (sister)
Mary E. Noxon (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31111

Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Four Aces - Pat Hand
Destination: Solingen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 1659

More information

2nd Lt Donald E. Noxon attended high school for four years and worked on a farm.

He joined the National Guard on 16 September 1940. He

Crew members of other airplanes in the same group stated that they saw a burst of flak very close to the #3 engine at about two minutes before the I.P. The airplane continued its way, seemingly undisturbed by it. After bombs away, the bomb bay doors remained open and after about 30 seconds it slightly turn away form the formation.

It is believed the airplane crashed in the Rhine river near Buderich. The entire crew of ten men was killed and their remains were never recovered.