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Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) freelance to Kbely aerodrome, A/C hit by flak and streaming coolant, after turning for home, A/C went entered shallow dive before sharply rolling to starboard and diving vertically into the ground 20 miles SE of the airdrome. Pilot Capt Carl R Alfred Killed in Action KIA. 16-Apr-45. MACR 13858.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-661172
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35288638
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

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Failed to Return (FTR)

280 02 Kbel, Czech Republic 16 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) freelance to Kbely aerodrome, A/C hit by flak and streaming coolant, after turning for home, A/C went entered shallow dive before sharply rolling to starboard and diving vertically into the ground 20 miles SE of the airdrome. Pilot Capt Carl R Alfred Killed in Action KIA. 16-Apr-45. MACR 13858.

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MACR 13858 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database