Harold Elmer Alhfors

Military

Assigned 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

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Gerald Kerr
  • 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
The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • 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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Sources

Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Sources

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