Alfred William Bierweiler
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Training accident, carrying out a practice attack against a B-17 in P-51 44-11190 'Lady Ovella'. Crashed 5 miles East Ipswich. 21-May-45. Killed in Training (KIT).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Lady Ovella
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 26769
- Description: Roll of Honour produced by the Friends of Leiston Airfield to commemorate the pilots lost flying from that airfield.
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Middlesex County, MA, USA | 25 September 1922 | Son of William L and Frances Bierweiler. |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 14 October 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Based |
Leiston | 16 December 1944 - 21 May 1945 | Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | 5 March 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Killed in Training (KIT) |
Ipswich, UK | 21 May 1945 | Training accident, carrying out a practice attack against a B-17 in P-51D 44-11190. Crashed 5 miles East Ipswich. 21-May-45. Killed in Training (KIT). |
Buried |
Leiston, UK | Memorialised Leiston Memorial |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Chronology ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
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