Albyn Otis Bixel
Military
He arrived in the European Theatre of Operations on 5 December 1943.
While based at Cheddington he met a British girl, with whom he had a baby. Bixel's descendants believe he met her at the Old Sun pub in Ampthill, which was where she was evacuated. Bixel returned to the USA on 11 August 1945.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Marsworth
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
24 July 1918 | Mollala, Clackamas County, Oregon | |
|
Other re-enlisted |
Fort Jackson, Columbia | 6 March 1946 | as a Private in the Air Corps, at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina |
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Died |
31 March 1998 | ||
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Buried |
Albyn Bixel rests at the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon |
Revisions
WWII Draft Cards for Oregon
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
VA Gravesite Locator
Information & Discharge sheet provided by Denise Stevens, Granddaughter
Information provided by his Granddaughter, Denise Stevens.
Further details from :
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/370617/albyn-o-bixel;
- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?s=3360&dt=893&…