Alfred H Weiland Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Connecticut Yankee. Standing L to R: ? (AE), Nagy (B), Lt. Lockyear (CP), Klette (P), Lt Dash (N), ?. Kneeling L to R: ?, Sgt. Holleman (WG), ?, ? (BT).' media-407839.jpg FRE 4417 A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Connecticut Yankee. Standing L to R: ? (AE), Nagy (B), Lt. Lockyear (CP), Klette (P), Lt Dash (N), ?. Kneeling L to R: ?, Sgt. Holleman (WG), ?, ? (BT).' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 4417 - A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Connecticut Yankee. Standing L to R: ? (AE),...

He flew on Willard Lockyear crew. Reported to the ETO in June 1943.

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4230779. KIA.



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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30779

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

14 October 1943

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 815, 306th BGA Collection, First Over Germany pg. 168, http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/wardept/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=13429…; / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…

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A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Connecticut Yankee. Standing L to R: ? (AE), Nagy (B), Lt. Lockyear (CP), Klette (P), Lt Dash (N), ?. Kneeling L to R: ?, Sgt. Holleman (WG), ?, ? (BT).'

Object number: FRE 4417 - A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group with their B...