Alfred Hamilton Locke

Military

Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. B-24 41-28673 ran off the runway on landing at Old Buckenham on 23-Mar-44. RTD.



Combat damage knocked out engine and caused fuel leak. Ditched in North Sea. 29-Apr-44. Rescued by Royal Navy Launch 498. 29-Apr-1944. Returned to Duty (RTD).



Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

McCurtain, OK 9 February 1922 Son of E M Locke.

Other

Crash landed

Old Buckenham, UK 23 March 1944 B-24H 41-28673 ran off the runway on landing at Old Buckenham on 23-Mar-44. RTD.

Other

Ditched

North Sea 29 April 1944 Combat damage knocked out engine and caused fuel leak. Ditched in North Sea. 29-Apr-44. Rescued by Royal Navy Launch 498. 29-Apr-1944. Returned to Duty (RTD).

Died

Oklahoma, USA 25 November 1972
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Based

Hethel 29 April 1944 Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

Enlisted

Oklahoma, USA Oklahoma

Buried

Memorial Park Cemetery Oklahoma City Oklahoma County OK Memorial Park Cemetery Oklahoma City Oklahoma County Oklahoma, USA.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 5473 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5473, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, 389th BG Roster