Alfred Madera

Military
Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men UPL 72234 UPL 72234 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 29 April 1944/ Berlin, Germany.
Back L-R: John (Jack) T. Kelly (P), Verle Roth (CP), Robert (Bob) Welsbacher (N), Edward (Ed) Dotherow (B), Forrest Wray (TG).
Front L-R: Garnet (Frenchie) Chouinard (BT), James (Jim) Cruise (WG), Alfred (Lou) Madera (WG), Raymond (Remo) Budassi (TT); Left Front: John Trypuc (RO).

Photo courtesy of Jack Kelly.

https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/223008/category/LeadCrews

384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 327 Grafton Underwood Alfred Madera John Vincent Trypuc Forrest Donald Wray Garnet Alfred Chouinard James Henry Cruise Remo Guido Budassi Robert Henry Welsbacher John Thomas Kelly Verle Leroy Roth Edward Dotherow On

Object Number - UPL 72234 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 29 April 1944/ Berlin, Germany. Back L-R: John (Jack) T. Kelly (P), Verle Roth (CP), Robert (Bob) Welsbacher (N),...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Added "S/N, Rank, & Role" per 384th BG website.

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=7670

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

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Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 72234 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 29 April 1944/...