Alfred D Held

Military

18 Sept 1943 Shot down on Nantes France Ball bearings mission, Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

East Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Evaded

France 16 September 1943

Revisions

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Sources

379th Bomb Group Anthology; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 279 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1347 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database