Alan Edwin Finch
Military
34th BG - 7th BS
Standing Left to Right: Alan E. Finch (P), Howard W. Murray (CP), Victor T. Herman (N), Joseph L. Zumpano (B)
Kneeling left to right unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, David A. Coughlin (RWG)
Enlisted Men (in photo, but not identified) : John R. Wack (FE), Raymond L. Hurst (RO), , Elbert D. Hoke (G), David Francis (G), Thomas Stroup (G0
Zumpano and Francis were KIA. The rest of the crew completed a 35 mission tour 466th Bomb Group collection
Alan Finch Collection
Object Number - UPL 35157 - Alan Finch Crew 34th BG - 7th BS Standing Left to Right: Alan E. Finch (P), Howard W. Murray (CP), Victor T. Herman (N), Joseph L. Zumpano...
35 missions from June 1944 to Decmber 1944
DFC
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32830882
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34012903
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-712825
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38415276
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14117078
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Misschief
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hit and Run
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Missions
- Date: 28 December 1944
- Date: 27 December 1944
- Date: 24 December 1944
- Date: 12 December 1944
- Date: 11 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Buffalo, New York | 29 March 1923 | Born in the USA to Canadian parents |
|
Other 34th BG Combat Tour |
Mendlesham, Stowmarket IP14, UK | 18 August 1944 | 35 combat missions |
|
Died |
Lexington, KY, USA | 7 September 2014 | |
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Buried |
Nicholasville, KY 40356, USA | 10 September 2014 | Bluegrass Memorial Gardens Nicholasville, Jessamine Co., Kentucky |
| Fort Erie, ON, Canada |
Revisions
Mission list from the official military records of Alan E. Finch provided by his widow, Dorothy Finch
Official orders for each award from the military records of Alan Finch, provided by his widow, Dorothy Finch
Military records and information provided by Dorothy Finch, widow of Alan Finch
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
