World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Irving Mobert Nordendahl
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
California
Honored By
MPHS
KILLED IN ACTION 18 MARCH 1944 DURING AUGSBURG MISSION WHILE SERVING WITH 371ST BOMB SQUADRON (H) OF THE 390TH BOMB GROUP (H), 8TH AIR FORCE. BASED IN HIGH WYCOMBE, ENGLAND. HE FLEW NAVIGATOR POSITION IN B-17 BOMBER 'RICK-O-SHAY III'. SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS, BOMBER CRASHED IN WALLBURG. 7 CREWMEMBERS WERE KILLED, 3 TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY GERMANS.