Earnest E McAlpine | American Air Museum

Earnest E McAlpine

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Wipperfurth on 5 Apr 45 in B-24 'Tinker Bell' #4440158

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

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

506th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Aircraft

44-40158

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Tinker Belle
Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron

Places

Field Ambulances standby as B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham. Image has been signed on reverse with an illegible signature. Handwritten caption on reverse: '281-66-76.'

Shipdham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Pathway

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Earth, Texas

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:03

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14110