Alvin W Jaspers
Military
media-16278.jpeg
UPL 16278
The backside (photo included in this collection) names all of the members in his squad: William H. Marra (himself, pictured front row L to R), Mike Wojicicki, James B. Echman, Bob Mines, Bob Kincade, Ernest Fiebusch, Tom Gallagher (Pilot), James Atkinson (Bombadier), Daniel Holey Wariguton. I hope I spelled all of these names correctly.
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Notes from Ed Reniere 21 November 2020 : Corrected some names : It's Robert Miner (not Mines); Robert Kincaid (not Kincade); Ernst Feibusch (not Fiebusch) and Daniel Foley (not Holey).
See UPL 16280 for reverse: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/16280 T/Sgt. William H. Marra, 1944
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Notes from Ed Reniere 21 November 2020 : Corrected some names : It's Robert Miner (not Mines); Robert Kincaid (not Kincade); Ernst Feibusch (not Fiebusch) and Daniel Foley (not Holey).
See UPL 16280 for reverse: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/16280 T/Sgt. William H. Marra, 1944
Corrected names in caption
Force-landed in Switzerland on 5 September 1944 in B-17 Blues in the Night #43-37866. Interned for a short time in neutral Switzerland.
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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: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11080280
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1995787
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39136243
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19089659 at enlistment, then O-717137
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1284491
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blues in the Night
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Iowa, United States | 17 May 1922 | |
Enlisted |
30 March 1942 | Des Moines, Iowa | |
Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 5 September 1944 - 26 September 1944 | |
Died |
28 July 1967 | ||
Steamboat Rock, Hardin County, Iowa | |||
Buried |
Alvin Jaspers rests at the Steamboat Rock Cemetery, Hardin County, Iowa |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8456 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database