Alfred Kenneth Nemer
Military ROLL OF HONOURCropped from image media-55675.jpeg (media id 51020)
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Lutzendorf in B-17 42-31060 9-Feb-45; mid air collision, crashed near Jaraczewo, Poland. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12245.
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33730250
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38565592
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38629817
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12170192
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pogue Ma Hone
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Jaraczewo, Poland
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Danville, VA | 14 March 1917 | Son of Abraham Jr and Leah [Majdalany] Nemer. |
Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, NC | 23 July 1941 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Jaraczewo, Poland | 9 February 1945 | |
Based |
Molesworth | 9 February 1945 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Forsyth Memorial Park Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, NC | Forsyth Memorial Park Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina |
Revisions
MACR 12245 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 191 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia