Alfred Kenneth Nemer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-55675.jpeg UPL 55675 1st Lt Alfred Nemer, 303BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 55675 - 1st Lt Alfred Nemer, 303BG

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

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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

Forsyth Memorial Park Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, NC Forsyth Memorial Park Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina

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Changed the label of the "Born" event to "Killed in Action (KIA)".

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Family member.

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MACR 12245 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p. 191 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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