Alfred Irwin Holt
Military
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Object Number - UPL 21046 - Alfred I. Holt in 1943 (courtesy of Alfred I. Holt)
Alfred Holt was Engineer / Top Turret Gunner on B-17 # 42-97188 of 384th Bomb Group / 544th Bomb Squadron. Bailing out of the Fortress, he landed near Voves and, helped by French citizens, he was ultimately brought to the secret camp in the Forêt de Fréteval, near Châteaudun, where hidden from May 1944 until liberation by Armored troops of the US Army on 13 August 1944. See Alfred Holt's page at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fholtai.html
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-761417
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: MOS 1035 - Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20932531
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15084076
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cardington, Ohio, USA | 13 February 1924 | the son of Irvin and Edna Holt |
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Enlisted |
Columbus, Ohio, United States | 19 January 1943 | |
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Enlisted |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering NN14, UK | 11 May 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #88 dated 11 May 1944, Jean Deveau Vogt Crew (co-pilot name used to identify crew because it was assigned without a pilot). Seven combat missions. |
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Other Evaded |
Eure-et-Loir, France | 14 June 1944 - 13 August 1944 | Landed in parachute near Voves, France. Helped by French citizens and underground members and led to a secret camp in the Fréteval forest, near Châteaudun, helped by the Belgian COMET evasion network. Liberated there by US troops. E&E Report #1009. Missing Air Crew Report #5800. |
| Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio, United States |
Revisions
MACR 5800
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1009.
Contacts with Alfred Holt.
Research for his page at www.evasioncomete.org >>> HOLT, Alfred I
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5800 / MACR 5800, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
