World War II
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MIA
MIA
Heimdal, ND
County:
Wells
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Air Force
Rank:
Staff Sgt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
579th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy
Circumstances:
Died while in MIA status. Killed on a mission to Vegesack aboard 42-7470 "Exterminator" when the aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters in the vicinity of the coast North of the target at Vegesack.
Biography:
TWETEN, Ernest Ames Servicenumber: 37301968 Age: 24 Born: 31 July 1920, Heimdal, North Dakota Hometown: Wells County, North Dakota Family: Melvin Tweten (father) Sarah J. (Hagen) Tweten (mother) Judith L. Tweten (sister) Rank: Staff Sergeant Function: Tail Gunner Regiment: - Battalion: - Division €“ Transport: 2nd Air Division Company €“ Squadron: 579th Bomber Squadron Unit €“ Group: 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) Serialnumber: 42-7470 Type: B-24H Nickname: Exterminator Destination: Vegesack, Germany MACR: 879 Date of death: 9 October 1944 Status: FOD/MIA Place of death: North Sea Spot: Not available Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart Gravenumber: Walls of the Missing Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: - Other information: Ernest A. Tweten entered the Army on 1 September 1942. On 9 October 1943 the aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters in the vicinity of coast out, north of the target at Vegesack after the group attacked this target. No German reports were available on the final situation regarding this crew and the Liberator. It could be concluded only that this aircrew went down just off shore into the North Sea waters, and never recovered. Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers, Dean Johnson (Wells cty V.S.O.), Astrid van Erp, www.B24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees Photo source: Peter Schouteten