Diehl Maurice Alvin

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Maurice Alvin Diehl is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Four B17 Crashes Monument -Yonne

B-17 'You Never Know' (42-32086) Plaque

Name:

Maurice Alvin Diehl

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

36746299

Unit:

749th Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1998-12-05

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot:

Section 17

Row:

Lot 116

Grave:

3rd F.E. on S 1/2

Decoration:

Comments:

Engineer of the B-17 bomber YOU NEVER KNOW from the 457th Bomber group that left Glatton on a mission to Gaggenau (Daimler-Benz factories). Two airmen bailed out over Alsace which was still occupied. One was shot on the way down, the second was captured, then jailed and executed. With engines on fire the B17 crashlanded in Champlay. One wounded airman was sent to hospital in Joigny but the others managed to get back to England. Diehl survived the crash and escaped back to England.