Alvin Etheredge
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Augustus V Brundage, 1Lt John D Kennedy, Capt Robert W Cogswell, 1Lt Hershel R DeWall, 1Lt Edward L Cobb.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Paul Kistulentz, S/Sgt Harold R Timm, S/Sgt Paul J Davis, T/Sgt Gilbert E Bengston, S/Sgt Alvin Etheredge.
Object Number - UPL 31588 - Lt Cogwell and crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group based in England, pose in front Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Shangrila Lil'. 16...
13 x missions, last on 27-Aug-43. On 30 July 1943, crashed into North Sea 22 miles off Felixstowe, England on return from raid on Kassel, Germany in B-17 42-29738 'Upstairs Maid'. Picked up by British Air Sea Rescue and returned to base. All survived, with serious injury only to Navigator Ed Cobb.
Died non Battle (DNB).
Awards: AM(OLC).
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20321821 / O-734072
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16009658
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Crew Chief
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sack Time
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Upstairs Maid
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 303rd Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mason's Morons, Shangri-La Lil
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
South Carolina | 19 March 1916 | Son of Rodney Hammond and Ora Hester [Padget] Etheredge. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Jackson Blvd, Columbia, SC, USA | 22 May 1942 | Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina |
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Died |
22 May 1945 | Died non Battle (DNB) - Lower spine tumour. | |
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Buried |
23 May 1945 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Based |
Molesworth | 27 August 0943 | Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Red Bank Baptist Church Cemetery Saluda, Saluda County, SC | Memorialised Red Bank Baptist Church Cemetery Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Combat Chronology Supplement, p. 203 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 208,
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