Alva Clark Powell
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 53767 - 2nd Lt Alva Powell, 95BG.
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97223, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3807
Awards: AM, PH
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-703887
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36810352
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18119382 / O-756880
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32784686
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36459498
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Terra Ceia, FL | 1 February 1921 | Son of Emulous Bascom and Alma Eloise [Harp] Powell. |
|
Enlisted |
Palmetto, FL | 25 November 1940 | Palmetto, Florida |
|
Died Prisoner of War (POW) |
Baltic Sea | 11 April 1944 - 11 April 1944 | |
|
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
|
Buried |
Gillette Cemetery Gillette, Manatee County, FL | Memorialised Gillette Cemetery Gillette, Manatee County, Florida | |
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Based |
Horham | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310762966
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529906443/alva-c-powell-american-battle-mo…
https://www.fold3.com/record/717721484/powell-alva-c-defense-powmia-acc…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57878107/alva-clark-powell
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56293458/alva-clark-powell
Added S/N per MACR 3807 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/29621855
Added a POW event per info in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3807
