Charles R Alexander
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Sgt. John Hill; T/Sgt. Ro Grandquist, Radio Operator; T/Sgt. Matthew Kryjack; T/Sgt. Abe Homar; T/Sgt. John Guros; Sgt. Omar Sharp
Front Row - Left to Right
1st Lt. Ehud Merkel, Co-pilot; 1st Lt. Harold White, Bombardier; 1st Lt. Frank Kolts, Pilot; 1st Lt. Reed Alexander, Navigator
Photo contributed by George & Evelyn Mankel
Paper Dolly Factoid - Paper Dolly was shot down 22 Feb 1944 1400 hours on their 16th mission. Their target was Oschersleben, Germany. The plane went down at Kurkenbruch, Germany.
KIAs:Harold White (buried in Margraten Cemetery, Holland); Frank Kolts (buried in Rosecrans Cemetery, San Diego, CA); Reed Alexander (buried in Margraten Cemetery, Holland).
POWs: Ehud Merkel, John Hill, Ro Grandquest, Matthew Kryjack, Abe Homar, John Guros, Omar Sharp
Added by: Nathan E. Wood
8/27/2013
Object Number - UPL 22590 - Back Row - Left to Right Sgt. John Hill; T/Sgt. Ro Grandquist, Radio Operator; T/Sgt. Matthew Kryjack; T/Sgt. Abe Homar; T/Sgt. John Guros; Sgt....
Shot down by fighters and crashed south of Minden, GR on a mission to Oschersleben on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-37746 'Paper Dolly'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paper Dolly
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
22 February 1944 | ||
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Born |
Ogden, Utah | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
- MACR 2463 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2463, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces