Philip Morris Algar
Military
Object Number - UPL 22512 - Capt Philip M Algar (ex 384th BG). Detached to 1st Scouting force.
Flew 25 combat missions with the 384th bombardment Group from 22-Jun-43 to 4-Mar-44. Detached service (DS) with 1st Scouting Force. Transferred to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF flying Elint Droopsnoot P-38 lightning [gathering Electronic Intelligence].
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (5OLC), PH (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- 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: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kathy Jane
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Cat's Sass | Pulmadique
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Battle Wagon
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reno's Raider
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Doris Mae
- Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 20 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 11 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Modesto, CA | 22 November 1916 | Son of Jennie J Algar. |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 22 June 1943 - 4 March 1944 | Assigned to the 384 Bombardment Group,546th Bombardment Squadron, 8AF USAAF. Flew on the first 384th Bombardment Group bombing mission on 22 June 1943. |
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Other Detached Service (DS) |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 4 March 1944 - 21 September 1944 | Detached service (DS) with 1st Scouting Force. |
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Other Crashed |
Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 June 1945 | Crashed Belly Landing Alconbury/Sta 102 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Philip M Algar, 25-6-45. P-38 42-28479 - 857BS 492BG 8AF |
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Died |
Santa Rosa, CA, USA | 10 April 1996 |
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Sources
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=75
2015-08-05 – Consolidated with information about Phil M. Algar from: Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list.
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / nephew, John P. Algar, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
