Eino Viljo Alander
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by ME109s and crashed W of Meppen, Germany on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G 42-31194 'Duchess of Dixie'. Killed in Action.
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Duchess of Dixie
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in action |
6 March 1944 | ||
Born |
Lempäälä Municipality, Pirkanmaa, Finland | ||
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot D Row 3 Grave 38 |
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 3034, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia