Alexander F Sears

Military
media-30061.jpeg UPL 30061 Captain Alex Sears. Alex was rated a pilot and commissioned a 2nd Lt. on 5 December 1943 when he was 21 years old. He scored five aerial victories with the 487th FS, 352nd FG. Captain Sears was with the 3545th PTW based at Goodfellow AFB, Texas when was killed in a T-6G 49-3216 on 22 October 1951. During WWII Alex was awarded the Distinguished Flying cross with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters. He scored his final victory on New Year's Day 1945 when he shot down an Me-109 during "Operation Bodeplatte". For Bluenosers the battle was called "The Legend of Y-29". He also had a single ground victory. Photo credit 352nd FG Association.

352nd FG Association

Object Number - UPL 30061 - Captain Alex Sears. Alex was rated a pilot and commissioned a 2nd Lt. on 5 December 1943 when he was 21 years old. He scored five aerial victories...

Flight leader 487th FS 352nd FG 1944-45

5.0 air kills

P-51D s/n 44-14778 HO+E "The Sheepherder"

Captain Sears was with the 3545th PTW based at Goodfellow AFB, Texas when was killed in a T-6G 49-3216 on 22 October 1951. During WWII Alex was awarded the Distinguished Flying cross with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters. He scored his final victory on New Year's Day 1945 when he shot down an Me-109 during "Operation Bodeplatte"

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Aircraft

44-14778

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: The Sheepherder
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

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Troy White/JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / unit history

Alexander F Sears: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 30061 - Captain Alex Sears. Alex was rated a pilot and...

Object number: UPL 30062 - P-51D 44-14778 HO-E of Cpt. Alexander F Sears...