Alfred C Monson
Military
Removed incorrect associations to Framlingham and Parham Airfield Museum. As per IWM's War Memorials Register this memorial is located on Pen Y Gadair Fawr mountain peak near Llanbedr village in Wales.
Object Number - UPL 74741 - Crash site of Ascend Charlie B17 42-5903
Shot down 16 September in B-17 #42-5903 'Ascend Charlie'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Staff Sergeant Alfred C. Monson was born December 19, 1922. His next of kin were his parents, Martin and Alma Monson. He was from San Diego, California.
He was the Tail Gunner aboard “Ascend Charlie,” B-17 tail #42-5903, of the 390th Bomb Group, 571st Bomb Squadron. On return from a mission to France on September 16, 1943, the bomber become lost in bad weather, and crashed into a mountain near Brecknoch, Wales. All aboard were killed.
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Cambridge, England.
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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: Ascend Charlie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Diego, CA, USA | 19 December 1922 | Staff Sergeant Alfred C. Monson was born December 19, 1922. His next of kin were his parents, Martin and Alma Monson. He was from San Diego, California. |
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Died |
16 September 1943 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wales | 16 September 1943 | He was the Tail Gunner aboard “Ascend Charlie,” B-17 tail #42-5903, of the 390th Bomb Group, 571st Bomb Squadron. On return from a mission to France on September 16, 1943, the bomber become lost in bad weather, and crashed into a mountain near Brecknoch, Wales. All aboard were killed. |
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Buried |
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Cambridge, England. |
Revisions
Added S/N from "WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualties" records for California at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3720 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
