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Staff Sergeant Albert Alvin Spacil KIA Sept 8, 1944 over Idstein, Germany, approaching target of Mainz, he was the ball turret gunner of B-17G, Chaff Wagon, 42-97821
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Units
- 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: 6959117
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Mission
- Date: 8 September 1944
- Date: 30 December 1943
Revisions
Details from mission on Sep 11, 1944 and other documentation and letters from the ball turret gunner, Staff Sergeant Albert Alvin Spacil who dies on Sep 11, 1944 in the aircraft on that, their second to last mission.
Details from mission on Sep 11, 1944 and other documentation and letters from the ball turret gunner, Staff Sergeant Albert Alvin Spacil who dies on Sep 8, 1944 in the aircraft on that, their second to last mission.
Details from mission on Sep 11, 1944 and other documentation and letters from the ball turret gunner, Staff Sergeant Albert Alvin Spacil who dies on Sep 11, 1944 in the aircraft on that, their second to last mission.