Alan Edwin Finch
Military
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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 (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
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
35 missions from June 1944 to Decmber 1944
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 | |
Buried |
Nicholasville, KY 40356, USA | 10 September 2014 | Bluegrass Memorial Gardens Nicholasville, Jessamine Co., Kentucky |
Fort Erie, ON, Canada |
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Contributor466thHistorian
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Mission list from the official military records of Alan E. Finch provided by his widow, Dorothy Finch
Contributor466thHistorian
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Official orders for each award from the military records of Alan Finch, provided by his widow, Dorothy Finch
Contributor466thHistorian
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Military records and information provided by Dorothy Finch, widow of Alan Finch
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self