Willis W Alexander
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 30094
Picture found in a box with old pictures, belonging to my mother.
After the war she maintained his grave in war cementery Margraten. Local people could "adopt" a grave.
In 1951 my mother received her wedding dress from his parents as a gift.
After the war she maintained his grave in war cementery Margraten. Local people could "adopt" a grave.
In 1951 my mother received her wedding dress from his parents as a gift.
correcting typo
B-17G #42-39908 was attacked by fighters, fell off into a dive, burst into flames, exploded in mid-air and crashed ENE of Boxtel on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Boxtel, Netherlands | 23 March 1944 | |
Born |
Plainview, Texas, USA | ||
Buried |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Associated images from handwritten caption on reverse of print (UPL 30093).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3321 / MACR 3321, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database