Eino Viljo Alander

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot 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

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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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