Albert A Albino
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A14145-79830AC.
Object Number - UPL 22463 - Lt Albert A Albino [ Aberdeen, Wash], and Lt John J Carroll [ Detroit, Mich], both members of the 38th Fighter Squadron stationed at Nuthampstead,...
Killed in Action (KIA) on 29-Nov-43 while pilot of P-38H 42-67051 when his aircraft was shot down at Hoogeveen, Holland. The aircraft with 2LT Albert A. Albino crashed into the railroad marshalling yards at Hoogeveen, Holland. He was originally listed as MIA and his name was inscribed on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery. However, in February of 1979 his remains were discovered during excavations at the railyard at Hoogerveen and then repatriated to the United States to the Mount Calvary Cemetery at Portland, Oregon.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Spirit of Aberdeen
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Grays Harbor County, WA, USA | 7 April 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 17 March 1942 | |
| Aberdeen, Washington, USA | |||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hoogeveen, Netherlands | 29 November 1943 | Killed when his aircraft was shot down by German fighters at Hoogeveen, Holland while on a mission to escort bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery | |
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Buried |
Portland, OR, USA | Remains found and repatriated to the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 18-Jul-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within esixting website data; Added KIA event per MACR 1428; Added Description and Burial event based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1428 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
