Alex Garen Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 6th August Mission 124 was to an aircraft engine plant at Genshagen, Germany. Colonel Brown was the Wing Leader with Captain F.P. Ball and Col. W.T. Seawell as the Box leaders. Bombing results were excellent, there was no enemy air opposition but flak damaged nine aircraft, killing one tail gunner, and one aircraft was lost. The missing in action crew was that of Lt. Sauerwald and the tail gunner killed was T/Sgt. Alex Garen, Jr., on Lt. H.J. Oshsenhirt's crew.
His brother, Seaman First Class Michael Garen, pronounced by men of the 401st Bomb Group a game guy, came back from Normandy where he helped get an LCT into Omaha beach an hour before "H-Hour", made a visit to the 401st base during a brief liberty to look up his 22-year-old brother, Alex, whom he had not seen in five years. He didn't get to see Alex. Four hours before Mike arrived, Alex was killed by flak over Berlin.
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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: Rosie's Sweat Box
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 August 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
6 August 1944 |
Revisions
New entry added with details from:
- An original copy of the 401st Bomb Group unit history in IWM’s Roger Freeman Collection, printed in 1946.;
- http://401bg.org/Main/People/Maslen/401stBG(H).pdf;
- https://archive.org/stream/PictorialRecordofthe401stBombGroup-nsia/Pict…