Willis W Alexander
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
After the war she maintained his grave in war cementery Margraten. Local people could "adopt" a grave.
In 1951 my mother received her wedding dress from his parents as a gift.
correcting typo
Object Number - UPL 30094 - Picture found in a box with old pictures, belonging to my mother. After the war she maintained his grave in war cementery Margraten. Local people...
B-17G #42-39908 was attacked by fighters, fell off into a dive, burst into flames, exploded in mid-air and crashed ENE of Boxtel on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
Boxtel, Netherlands | 23 March 1944 | |
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Born |
Plainview, Texas, USA | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
Associated images from handwritten caption on reverse of print (UPL 30093).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3321 / MACR 3321, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
