Alfred F Garretson
Military ROLL OF HONOURIn 379th's move to England, ac B-17F 42-3132 was lost flying from Gander, Newfoundland to Scotland. It disappeared over the Atlantic enroute from Gander Bay, Newfoundland to Preswick, Scotland on April 24th 1943.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 108, AF Combat Units of t WWII p. 226, National WW II Memorial web site; 379th Bombardier Group Anthology, pg 260