Albert R Custer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-6874.jpeg UPL 6874 Sgt. Albert R. Custer (35410746)

Arnold Roessler ([email protected])

Object Number - UPL 6874 - Sgt. Albert R. Custer (35410746)

Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31179, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31179

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stinky Weather
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

31 December 1943

Born

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kerbors, France 31 December 1943

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Arnold Roessler ([email protected])

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MACR 1980 (Missing Aircrew Report) NARA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1980 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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