Alan Bradford Purdy
Military
Back Row- Sampson Sharff (Obs/Tg), Earl Mason (B), Arthur Drogue (N), Alfred Nuttall (Ac/Cp), Randolph Jacobs (P)
Front Row- Lawrence Wager (Wg), Alan Purdy (Ro), Robert Compton (Wg), Jack Goetz (Tt), Walter Arnold (Bt) 384th Bomb Group collection
The Quentin Bland Collection. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35749/search/8882
Object Number - UPL 66471 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/9 March 1944, Berlin/Oranienburg, Heinkel Aircraft Factory. Back Row- Sampson Sharff (Obs/Tg), Earl Mason (B), Arthur...
Upon takeoff from base on mission to Bremen 13-Nov-1943, 384th was recalled. B-17 #42-24575 'Sunrise Serenader' vibrated before going into a spin and broke in two at the center of the radio room. A/C crashed near Wargrave, Berkshire. 9 KOM, 1 RTD. Purdy was sole survivor.
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Units served with
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 March 1944
- Date: 9 March 1944
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 2 March 1944
- Date: 24 February 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Survived crash |
13 November 1943 |
Revisions
AAIR 43-11-13-500 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 371 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia