Albert W Emery

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 15 February 1943 in B-24D 41-23783 'Betty Anne' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. The aircraft was severely damaged by flak over the target of Dunkirk, France and crashed into the sea. Killed in Action (KIA).



Air Medal, Purple Heart

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Betty Anne
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Dunkirk, France 15 February 1943 Killed when aircraft sustained severe damage by flak over the target at Dunkirk, France and crashed into the sea.

Born

Grand Island, Nebraska

Other

Commemorated

Liège, Belgium Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery.

Revisions

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Contributormargaret8383
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Sources

A brief story about the life of T/S Emery was created through the Stories Behind the Stars project (www.storiesbehindthestars.org). Volunteers are making an effort to write the stories of all 400,000+ of the US WWII fallen. Go to https://www.fold3.com/memorial/657808486/emery-albert-sgt

T/S Emery is memorialized at

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95110011/albert-w.-emery

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358050/albert-w-emery

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2015. Added SN and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC); made connection to PLace, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added KIA event, added crew position and loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th 7 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 p.76 by Bishop and Hey