Alfred M Bolender
Military
Object Number - UPL 23646 - Pilots of 63rd Fighter Squadron Jan/Feb 1945. (From L-R) Top Row: Willard C Scherz, Alfred M Bolender, Jay P Green, John W Keeler, John T Bradshaw,...
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew P-47's from Dec-44 till wars end.
Awards: Soldiers Medal, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, rising to Captain.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Ice Cold Kattie
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brown County, OH 45121, USA | 17 September 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Patterson Blvd, Fairfield, OH 45014, USA | 2 September 1942 | Patterson Field Fairfield Ohio |
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Other Crashed |
Millville Ave, Millville, NJ 08332, USA | 8 August 1944 | Mid Air Collision Millville AAF, Millville, NJ Cat 3 damage 2Lt Alfred M Bolender, 8-Aug-44. P-47D 42-22432 - 135BU 1AF |
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Based |
Boxted | 19 December 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Crashed |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 5 January 1945 | Belly Landing due to Engine Failure Boxted/Sta 150 Cat 3 damage 2Lt Alfred M Bolender, 5-Jan-45. P-47D 42-74724 - 63FS 56FG 8AF. |
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Other Crashed |
Belgium | 12 March 1945 | Oil loss related engine failure causes 2Lt Alfred Bolender to make an emergency landing in Belgium. |
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Died |
Dayton, OH, USA | 3 January 2005 | |
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Other End of War |
Europe | End of War (EOW). | |
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Buried |
Kettering, OH, USA | Davids Cemetery Kettering Montgomery County Ohio, USA |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Bolender&Submit=…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Bolender%2C+Alfr…
https://www.fold3.com/page/84288085_alfred_m%20bolender/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/32799783_alfred_m%20bolender/details/
http://www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/history.htm
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39592414
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
