Alvin Eugene Hildebrand

Military

Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

A bomber crew of the 491st Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Top L-R, S/Sgt Mener, Eng, Lt Day, Co-pilot, Lt Bowens, Bomb, Lt Fisher, Nav, Lt Yarina, pilot. Bot L-R, PFC Allison, gunner, S/Sgt Begley, gunner, Cpt Rogers, passenger, S/Sgt Silverfole, Radio, Sgt Boggs, gunner.'

Thomas Yurcina

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-547151
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-40248

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 2 January 1924 Son of Ira Milton and Minnie Pearl Hildebrand.

Died

Waynesboro, VA 8 April 1989

Buried

Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery Crimora, Augusta County, VA 12 April 1989 Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery Crimora, Augusta County, Virginia

Based

Metfield Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Enlisted

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster