Sumner Mervin Alpert

Military
media-36706.jpeg UPL 36706 "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.

Object Number - UPL 36706 - "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...

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

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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

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