Sumner Mervin Alpert
Military
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"Lt. Bailey and crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group pose for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 19 July 1944."
Front L-R: 2Lt Stanley E Bailey, 2Lt Sumner M Alpert, 2Lt Leo H Butler, 2Lt William Fenning.
Rear L-R: Unk, Sgt William B Plough, Unk, Unk, Unk.
Front L-R: 2Lt Stanley E Bailey, 2Lt Sumner M Alpert, 2Lt Leo H Butler, 2Lt William Fenning.
Rear L-R: Unk, Sgt William B Plough, Unk, Unk, Unk.
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Force landed at Kimbolton in B-17 42-38183 on 28-Sep-44. Returned to duty (RTD).
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, died in a fatal crash of C-47 43-15594 in Alaska 29-Jun-55.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lost Angel
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chelsea, MA | 20 February 1922 | Son of Michael S and Dorothy [Steinman] Alpert . |
Died |
Sitkinak Island, Alaska | 29 June 1955 | |
Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National, TX | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, TX | |
Boise, ID | |||
Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9363; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology pg. 130