Alexander Boyd Andrews III

Military
Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'

Object Number - FRE 4814 - Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb...

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 3 x combat missions. Returned from mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Lil Satan' after direct hit to nose of A/C. Returned to Duty (RTD). 25-Jun-44. MACR 6738.

Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

Observer on Coulanges Sur Yonne, France (Bridge) mission 25 June 1944, B-17 42-97890 returned.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Karl Edmund Becker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17097931 / O-808295
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31085

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Anita Marie / Mehitabel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'

42-97890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

43-37570

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stormy Weather (Ten-Tenths)
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Raleigh, NC 12 January 1913 Son of John Hawkins and Mabel [Young] Andrews.

Enlisted

20 December 1941

Other

Discharged USAAF

12 March 1946 Honourable discharge.

Died

Raleigh, NC 7 March 1999

Buried

Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC 10 March 1999 Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date25 Jun 2019 11:46:25
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, suffix, nickname, highest rank, biography, awards, events, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/29100248
https://www.fold3.com/image/299228137
https://www.fold3.com/image/152972319?rec=152972348
https://www.fold3.com/record/43244133-alexander-b-andrews
https://www.fold3.com/record/620001161-alexander-andrews-1913
http://www.8thairforce.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44943172/alexander-boyd-andrews

Date27 Apr 2017 17:42:20
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, unit associations and aircraft associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/29100248/?terms=Arthur%20Maatta

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

379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 311 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'

Object number: FRE 4814 - Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special...