World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Morris J. Volden
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Minnesota
Honored By
John Meurs
Relationship
Dutch Historian
SERVICE NUMBER: 0-689416. CO-PILOT WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 853RD BOMB SQUADRON (H) OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, A B-24, SERIAL NUMBER 41-28884, WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY. THE WHOLE CREW, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, WAS KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THE AIRCRAFT. HONOREE IS BURIED IN THE ARDENNES AMERICAN CEMETERY IN NEUVILLE-EN-CONDROZ IN BELGIUM.