Harold Elmer Alhfors
MilitaryAssigned to 748BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Damaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-17 42-31552, Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, POW, EAME, WWII Victory
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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: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18043191 / O-758456
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: My Buddy
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 26 October 1923 | Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Enlisted |
Springfield, Massachusetts | 27 February 1943 | Enlisted Springfield, Massachusetts |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 12 July 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
Other Discharged |
14 November 1945 | ||
Died |
11 March 2007 |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18556389/elmer-harold-ahlfors
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6926 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database