William Ralph Alexander
MilitaryAssigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. John Kenney crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Semmenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8861
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190888
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Aint Bluffing
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Easley, SC | 29 August 1920 | Son of Homer Herd and Clara Mae [Keenan] Alexander. |
Enlisted |
Camp Croft, SC | 17 September 1942 | Camp Croft, South Carolina |
Other Baled out POW |
Semmenstedt, Germany | 13 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Semmenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 POW MACR 8861 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 13 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
18 September 1989 | ||
Buried |
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville County, SC | 21 September 1989 | Woodlawn Memorial Park Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina |
Based |
Metfield | 13 September 1944 | Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database