Alva Cochran Murphy
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
357th FG - 364th FS
KIA 2 March 1945
Photo from his time as an instructor at Waco Army Airfield, Texas
circa mid 1944
Object Number - UPL 37952 - Captain Alva C. Murphy 357th FG - 364th FS KIA 2 March 1945 Photo from his time as an instructor at Waco Army Airfield, Texas circa mid 1944
Killed in Action (KIA) near Grobzig in P-51 #44-63765 while straffing an airfield.
Murphy was an ace with six aerial victories, including two on the day he was killed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Knox County, Tennessee | 26 January 1918 | |
|
Enlisted Entered service from |
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia | 16 August 1941 | Exact date not yet known |
|
Other Combat Mission |
in the vicinity of Koblenz, Germany | 2 December 1944 | Shot down two ME 109's |
|
Died |
Grobzig, Germany | 2 March 1945 | |
|
Buried |
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial | Luxembourg American Cemetery Plot G Row 7 Grave 23 | |
| Knoxville, Tennessee |
Revisions
"To War with the Yoxford Boys" - Merle Olmstead
pages 163, 166, 209, 238, 268, 270
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12866 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
