Alden T Mann
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #42-29677 'Battlin B. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. He died on 22 May 1943 in the hospital at Schleswig after being shot down from severe burns. Earlier on May 1, 1943, he flew a mission to submarine pens at Coastal France and the top turret was damaged. His TTG/engineer Charles Vondrachek's actions earned the Distinguished Service Cross (US) and the British Distinguished Service Medal.
DFC, PH
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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: Battlin b
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
22 May 1943 | ||
Born |
Atlanta, Georgia | ||
Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
15 May 1943 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16060 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor, MACR 16059 Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 121 by Bishop and Hey, First over Germany pp. 108, 114 by Russell Strong, ABMC database