David Franklin Albrecht
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
384th Bomb Group who crashed on September 28th 1944 2km North of Ingersleben Germany...
Photo source: Mrs Nancy Clemens-Albrecht
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Object Number - UPL 37846 - 1Lt David F Albrecht, he was the Co-Pilot on B17G 43-37822 "Lead Banana" 384th Bomb Group who crashed on September 28th 1944 2km North of...
Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg in B-17 #43-37822 'Lead Banana' 28-Sep-44; Collided with #42-31222 'Lazy Daisy' coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5793
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fightin' Hebe
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lead Banana
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pleasure Bent
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hot After It
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Litchfield, NE | 1 March 1922 | Son of Rev. Louis M and Minnie Jane [Corder] Albrecht. |
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Enlisted |
Columbus, OH | 22 June 1942 | Columbus, Ohio |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg 28-Sep-44; Collided with B-17 coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5793 |
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Buried |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 29 September 1944 | Interred Ostingersleben cemetery |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot C Row 2 Grave 11 | |
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Born |
Seribner, NE |
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384th BG's list of personnel who were Killed in Action: http://www.384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/KIAList.php
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9753 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database