Alvin George Bader
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo.
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Sterkrade, Germany in B-17 42-97781 'Eight Ball III'. Shot down 2-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10151
Awards: AM (3OLC), 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 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-26108
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Eight Ball III
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Margraten American Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Heil, ND | 4 November 1921 | Son of Jacob and Lydia Bader. |
Enlisted |
Butte MT | 6 August 1942 | Butte, Montana |
Died |
Brummen, Holland | 2 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Sterkrade, Germany in B-17 42-97781 'Eight Ball III'. Shot down 2-Nov-44 KIA. MACR 10151 |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Brummen, Germany | 3 November 1944 | Interred Brummen Catholic cemetery |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molesworth | 2 November 1944 | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Plot H Row 5 Grave 16 | |
St Paul, MN |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
/ MACR 10151;
http://303rdbg.com/rost-ab.html">http://303rdbg.com/rost-ab.html>
MACR 10151 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database