Alvin J Domroe

Military

Transferred 453rd BG.

Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down at Westhafen on 9/13/44 in B-24 Porky 42-95111.



During World War II he served in the 8th Air Force, US Army Air Corps. Part of this service was spent as a German POW after the B24 bomber on which he was a crew member was destroyed by enemy anti aircraft fire. Alvin and two others of the ten man crew remaining alive parachuted into German hands.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95111

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bronx, New York 9 September 1924

Other

Prisoner of War

Germany 13 September 1944

Died

Martin County, Florida 15 December 2016

Revisions

Date
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 ;
- Roster supplied by Dave Arnett

Additional details from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174089730/alvin-joel-domroe

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8853 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database