Mads Bak Lyndrup

Mads Bak Lyndrup is born on 30 July 1907 in Elsø, Denmark. He is the son of farmer and builder Jens Christian Lyndrup and Kirstine Madsdatter Bak. [1]

In 1927, he emigrates to United States arriving in New York from Copenhagen on 5 August 1927 on-board SS OSCAR II. He is accompanied by a Jens Vestergaard Hansen. Their intention is to go to Chicago. In 1934, he is naturalised as US Citizen in Redwood Falls, Minnesota (No. 3864338). [2]

During the Second World War he is in USAAF service. I have few information on his service. He is trained as mechanic and serves as Sergeant (No. 37268283) in England. [3]

He is in a group photo with ground crew in front of aircraft B-17 "Royal Flush" (42-6087). This ties him to No. 418th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, USAAF. I have no further information on his service.

On 28 September 1945 he arrives in New York on-board SS QUEEN MARY in transit for Reception Station No. 16 Camp McCoy, Wis. [4]

He returns to Denmark late in life and dies in Denmark in 1986. [5]

1. Elsø parish record
2. Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
3. Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
4. Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
5. Social Security Death Index