Alfred Philip Marshall

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Shot down by fighters on mission to Oscherleben on 11-Jan-44 in B-17 42-37809 'Carolina Queen'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2506



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Clyde A Lewis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800905
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-37809

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carolina Queen
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Roxburg, Massachusetts, USA 15 October 1923 Son of John M and Celia [Tatelman] Marshall.

Enlisted

Boston, MA 28 October 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Died

Halberstadt, Germany 11 January 1944 Shot down by fighters on mission to Oscherleben on 11-Jan-44 in B-17 42-37809 'Carolina Queen'. KIA MACR 2506

Buried

Jewish War Veterans Cemetery Lawrence, Essex County, MA Re-Interred Jewish War Veterans Cemetery Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Deenethorpe 11 January 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28607163
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763415
https://www.fold3.com/record/83442002/alfred-p-marshall-wwii-army-enlis…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704048208/marshall-alfred-p-us-wwii-hospit…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704048207/marshall-alfred-p-us-wwii-hospit…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=580
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=13231
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102309267/alfred-philip-marshall

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2506 / MACR 2506, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=580 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database