Alex Jean Crow
Military
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Object Number - UPL 27290 - A.J. Crow
Assigned to 734BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x missions from 22-May to 19-Aug-44, flew B-24 "Crow's Nest"
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A bomber crew of the 453rd Bomb Group wait on a jeep. Letter enclosed with print: '[Left to Right] James E Terwilliger- Waist Gunner, Luhter M Clark- Co-pilot, Carl Powell- Navigator, Lattie P Head- Nose Gunner, Nicholas Radosevich- Pilot, Edmund M Survilla- Tail Gunner, Lt ? Lee- Bombardier (Robert Burgess was the Bombardier on the original crew), Joseph D Craft- Radio operator, Robert Victor- Waist Gunner, Robert O Hanson- Engineer- Top Turret. Original Cadre- Model (Crew #41) 734th Squadron, 453rd Bomb](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380672.jpg.webp?itok=L5hegKpe)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Crow's Nest
- Unit: 409th Bomb Squadron 93rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron 453rd Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Raymondville, Texas | 20 August 1922 | BornRaymondville, Texas |
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Enlisted |
1 October 1943 | ||
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Married |
22 January 1944 | MarriedMargaret Irene Means | |
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Other Discharged |
13 November 1946 | ||
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Died |
Charlottesville, Virginia | 21 September 2005 | DiedCharlottesville, Virginia |
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Buried |
Monticello Memorial Park Albemarle County, Virginia | 24 September 2005 | InterredMonticello Memorial ParkAlbemarle County, Virginia |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & Page 240 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45, The Liberator Men of Old Buc
