Ralston Elwell Bixler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-17392.jpeg UPL 17392 Second Lieutenant Ralston Elwell Bixler

Connected photo to airman's record.

Object Number - UPL 17392 - Second Lieutenant Ralston Elwell Bixler

Killed in Action (KIA) On 26-Feb-43 in B-17F #41-24447 'Kickapoo', 91BG/401BS while serving as Navigator on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed into North Sea.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kickapoo
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ickesburg, PA 17037, USA

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 26 February 1943 Killed when aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea. His remains have never been recovered.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "North" was misspelled.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “shot” was misspelled.

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Source: Daughter of Lorrayne Holm Bixler, wife of Ralston Elwell Bixler at the time of his death.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 31-May-2015. Added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; made connections to Place and Mission wihtin existing website data; Edited Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE; Corrected SN per Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 4830.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3575 / MACR 3575 / 4830 Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 80, Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn by Havelaar p. 25 and Roll of Honor Appendix 4 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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