Alfred August Jistel

Military

Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cameron, TX 13 September 1921 Son of John Edwin and Frieda B [Boedeker] Jistel.

Enlisted

9 October 1942

Other

Discharged USAAF

12 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

11 April 1999

Buried

Liberty Community Cemetery Milano, Milam County, TX 14 April 1999 Liberty Community Cemetery Milano, Milam County, Texas

Based

Thorpe Abbotts Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp