Alfred L Atkins

Military
media-33100.jpeg UPL 33100 L to R
Standing: 2nd Lt James B Muise Navigator (PoW 5th Nov 1944) : 2nd Lt Donald J Fetters Co-Pilot (KIA 5th Nov 1944)
Capt Earl H Johnson Pilot (KIA 5th Nov 1944) : 2nd Lt John D McCombs Bombardier (KIA 5th Nov 1944)
S/Sgt Edward L Chernikh Engineer
Kneeling: Sgt John E Pitcher Nose Gunner (PoW 5th Nov 1944) : S/Sgt Frank J Zito Radio Operator (PoW 5th Nov 1944)
Sgt James P Locke Tail Gunner (transferred to 15th Air Force after tenth mission) : Sgt Dick W Skinner Waist Gunner (PoW 5th Nov 1944) : Sgt Alfred L Atkins Armorer Ball Gunner (PoW 5th Nov 1944)

Crew 36 in the 861st Bomb Squadron at McCook AAB April 1944

493rd BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 33100 - L to R Standing: 2nd Lt James B Muise Navigator (PoW 5th Nov 1944) : 2nd Lt Donald J Fetters Co-Pilot (KIA 5th Nov 1944) Capt Earl H Johnson Pilot...

Shot down 5 November 1944 in B-17 #4338359. Prisoner of War (POW)



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 5 November 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10340 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / True, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php

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