Alex Kocheran
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8426
Awards: 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-705311
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA | 2 April 1914 | Son of Michael and Barbara [Kuchta] Kocheran.. |
Enlisted |
Greensburg, PA | 8 January 1943 | Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
Died |
Gerwisch, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch KIA MACR 8426 |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO | 7 February 1951 | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Seething | 16 August 1944 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8426 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database