Alexander Archibald

Military

Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin, battle damaged - crashed near Kustrin on 18-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38014 'Naughty Virgin' Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13146



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18073673 / O-555298
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Naughty Virgin
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb 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

Born

Stamford, Connecticut, USA 8 August 1925 Son of Helen Archibald.

Enlisted

New Haven, CT 14 July 1943 New Haven Connecticut

Other

Baled out POW

Berlin, Germany 18 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin, battle damaged - crashed near Kustrin on 18-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38014 'Naughty Virgin' POW MACR 13146

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 18 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Clearwater, Pinellas County, FL 7 March 2013

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Chelveston 18 March 1945 Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13146 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database