Alfred Sanders
Military | Major | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Named his A/C after LSU's mascot Mike the tiger, as he was a former track star at Louisiana State University.
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Thomas J Zoebelein
Military
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Standing left to right : - Alfred M Sanders -Pilot - Louisiana, Daniel M O'Connell - Bombadier - Maryland, Thomas Zobelein - Navigator - New York Fred A Morley - Co-Pilot - Illinois, Kneeling : - James R Sizemore - Turret Gunner - West Virginia, Autley B Smith - Nose Gunner - Mississippi, William Kozulak - Upper Gunner - New York, Louie Lujan - Waist Gunner - California, John H Lawrence - Radio Operator - Alabama, Robert C Swaffield - Tail Gunner - Ohio
Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU', Evaded (EVD). Lived with Belgian Underground from May till September 1944.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
Units served with
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486th Bomb Group
Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or... -
832nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-52764
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group, 8th AF USAAF. ...
Missions
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376
28 May 1944
Associated Place
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Sudbury
Military site : airfield
Situated between the villages of Great Waldingfield and Acton, the airfield was used by the 486th Bomb Group from March 1944 to August 1945. Facilities for administrative offices for the Combat Wing were also made available here and along with barrack... -
Houssiere Wood
Crash site
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Brooklyn, Kings County, NY | 14 June 1918 |
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Son of Thomas Christopher and Mary F [Zietler] Zoebelein. |
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| Lived in | St Albans, New York, USA | 1940 |
| Enlisted | New York City, NY | 7 August 1942 |
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New York City, New York |
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| Evaded EVD | Belgium | 28 May 1944 – September 1944 |
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Evaded. Lived with Belgian Underground from May till September 1944. |
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| Shot down / baled out | 06567 Bad Frankenhausen, Germany | 28 May 1944 |
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Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' |
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| Died | Westhampton, NY | 15 October 1972 |
| Buried | Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Coram, Suffolk County, NY | 18 October 1972 |
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Holy Sepulchre Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 February 2021 22:26:43 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events and media associations |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169558305/thomas-j.-zoebelein |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 February 2021 22:23:33 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/87448961 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 April 2020 18:55:04 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 April 2016 06:28:19 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards and events |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:11 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5390 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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