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Frank M Alexander Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed on 9 Apr 45 in B-17 'Lucky Strike' 44-6303

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Units served with

490th Bomb Group

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

850th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture taken February 1945. Crew of "Gotham" C-Charlie. 851st Squadron, 490th Bomb Group 8th AF. 1st row kneeling left to right: Robert Showalter, ball turret gunner, Norman Borgman, tail gunner, Milton Sanford, radio operator, Gordon Handrell, flight engineer, Russell March, waist gunner. 2nd row standing, left to right: Chas Molloy, navigator, John Smith, co-pilot

851st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-6303

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Arabi, Georgia, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	9 April 1945

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Arabi, Georgia, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

9 April 1945

Revisions

Date7 Sep 2016 11:34:00

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 13909

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:08

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

MACR 13909 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database