Alexander Archibald
MilitaryAssigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin, battle damaged - crashed near Kustrin on 18-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38014 'Naughty Virgin' Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13146
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18073673 / O-555298
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Naughty Virgin
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Stamford, Connecticut, USA | 8 August 1925 | Son of Helen Archibald. |
Enlisted |
New Haven, CT | 14 July 1943 | New Haven Connecticut |
Other Baled out POW |
Berlin, Germany | 18 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin, battle damaged - crashed near Kustrin on 18-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38014 'Naughty Virgin' POW MACR 13146 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 18 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Clearwater, Pinellas County, FL | 7 March 2013 | |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Chelveston | 18 March 1945 | Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13146 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database