Bruce Alexander’s father died in 1931 and his mother Edith raised alone his other siblings, brother Paul J. and sister Phyllis. In 1940, Bruce was working as a clerk in a grocery store. He attended Anaheim High School and studied 4 years there. He was working as a photographer before his enlistment in February 1943. He followed pilot training and was sent overseas where he was assigned to the 486th Bomb Group / 833rd Bomb Squadron in England. On his 2nd mission, he was pilot of B-17 “The Last Roundup” #43-37927, on the 6 December 1944 mission to Merseburg, Germany. The B-17 was hit by Flak and crashed near Ijmuiden, The Netherlands. Bruce Alexander and the 8 other crew members were killed. Killed In Action (KIA) - Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 11048.

Bruce Alexander is still listed as Missing In Action and has no known grave.

Service

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Anaheim, California, USA	1922
the son of George W. and Edith (Nicholson) Alexander
Enlisted	Santa Ana, California, United States	8 February 1943
in the Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet
Killed in Action (KIA)	IJmuiden, Pays-Bas	6 December 1944
Killed in the loss of B-17 # 43-37927
Missing In Action (MIA)	IJmuiden, The Netherlands	6 December 1944
Lived in	Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States
Memorialized	Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten