Alfas Elmer Nichols
MilitaryAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 'Jeanie' 44-8501; A/C crashed near Pulheim on 6-Jan-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11568
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760975
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jeanie
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Duke, OK | 8 July 1925 | Son of George Elmer and Beulah [Neesmith] Nichols. |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA | 11 September 1943 | San Francisco, California |
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Other Baled out POW |
Pulheim, Germany | 6 January 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 'Jeanie' 44-8501; A/C crashed near Pulheim on 6-Jan-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11568 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 6 January 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Nacogdoches, TX | 26 November 2014 | |
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Buried |
Harpers Chapel Cemetery Sabinetown, Sabine County, TX | 29 November 2014 | Harpers Chapel Cemetery Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 6 January 1945 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11568