Alexander A Mareck
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 19491
MacKinnon aircrew - 412th Bomb Sqdn B-17F-65-BO “Lonesome Polecat I” #42-29693 BACK ROW 1st Lt. Malcolm B. MacKinnon (pilot) F/O Eugene W. Wood (co-pilot) 2nd Lt. William H. Powell (navigator) 2nd Lt. Gerald J. Jenkins (bombardier) MIDDLE ROW T/Sgt Alexander A. Mareck (waist gunner) T/Sgt John J. Vail (radio operator) S/Sgt John F. Davoren (waist gunner) S/Sgt George Babich (top turret gunner) FRONT ROW S/Sgt Stanley D. Bennett (tail gunner) S/Sgt Lyle P. Blackridge (ball turret gunner).
This photo is believed to have been taken while the 95th Bomb Group was still in Rapid City, South Dakota. The crew, as shown above, is not the crew that was flying in the Lonesome Polecat on June 11th, 1943, when it was shot down and all aboard were KIA. Not with the crew that day were S/SGT Blackridge, 2LT Powell, and 2LT Jenkins.
This photo is believed to have been taken while the 95th Bomb Group was still in Rapid City, South Dakota. The crew, as shown above, is not the crew that was flying in the Lonesome Polecat on June 11th, 1943, when it was shot down and all aboard were KIA. Not with the crew that day were S/SGT Blackridge, 2LT Powell, and 2LT Jenkins.
Jim Hersom
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2807
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12035122 / O-389270
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lonesone Polecat
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Moffett Field, CA | 6 August 1941 | Moffett Field, California |
Died |
North Sea | 11 June 1943 | Shot down 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2807 |
Born |
San Francisco, California, USA | ||
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Horham | 11 June 1943 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2807 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php