Alfred K Japhet

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 29 July 1944 Shot down by fighters and crashed at Rottendorf in B-17 #4239866



DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-39866

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

29 July 1944

Born

Springfield, Illinois, USA

Buried

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 July 1944

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Sources

ABMC MACR 7820 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7820 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database