Alex E Alford

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-57348.jpeg UPL 57348 Kittleson crew assignment to the 493rd BG August 1944 493rd Bomb Group collection

493rd BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 57348 - Kittleson crew assignment to the 493rd BG August 1944

Shot down 12 September 1944 in AC #43-38098. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

People

Calvin Thomas Bladen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37344490
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator,

Eugene Bosnavits

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35916197
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Albert A Christensen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-772939
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Homer Porterfield Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35432219 at enlistment, then T-61537
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph Gregory Eifried

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32921148
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

43-38098

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

626

  • Date: 12 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 12 September 1944 in the crash of B-17 #43-38098 at Hadmersleben, 4km SE of Oschersleben, Germany

Buried

14 September 1944 at the cemetery of Hornhausen, 4km NW of Oschersleben, Germany

Born

Brunswick, Ohio, USA

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial after the war, his remains were brought to Belgium. Alex Alford rests at Plot C, Row 36, Grave 2

Revisions

Date23 Jul 2020 14:20:15
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

ABMC website

Date23 Jul 2020 13:45:09
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to biography, awards, events, person associations and mission associations
Sources

MACR 8863

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:14
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8863 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / True, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php

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