Arthur K Alexander

Military

Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from free lance mission, A/C developed coolant system failure, A/C abandoned and crashed near Elsten on 15-Dec-44 in P-51D 44-15014 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11310.



Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (YF-J, serial number 44-15014) nicknamed "Look" of the 358th Fighter Squadron escorts a bomber during a mission flown by the 355th Fighter Group.
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Baled out

Elsten, 49692 Cappeln (Oldenburg), Germany 15 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) from free lance mission, A/C developed coolant system failure, A/C abandoned and crashed near Elsten on 15-Dec-44 in P-51D 44-15014 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11310.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 15 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.
Hollywood, California, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory MACR 11310 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11310 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list