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Marksheid Max

Monuments

B17 44-8639 Plaque

 

Name:
Max Marksheid
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1945-06-08
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, New Jersey
Plot:
Section D
Row:
Grave:
Site 995
Decoration:
Comments:

Max Marksheid was born on May 16, 1919. He served in the 509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator on the B-17G #44-8639 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 8, 1945, when his airplane clipped the high ground on a ridgeside, then skidded along the mountainside of Craig Cwm Llwyd near Barmouth, Wales, and burst into flames. His B-17 was returning to the United States following the conclusion of hostilities in Europe. They were flying from Polebrook in Northamptonshire to the RAF Valley Airfield on Anglesey before the final leg back to the United States. All men aboard his plane were killed as a result of the crash.

TSgt Marksheid is now buried in the Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com