Alfred Lance Space

Military

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Sceurman crew. Missed out on Chowhound mission to Utrecht, Netherlands in B-17 44-8640 (last loss of 8th AF) 7-May-45. ETD



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Lionel Naulty Sceurman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12077925 / O-831280
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38229

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Better Duck
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38288) of the 95th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed at Horham. Image by Roland E "Lefty" Nairn of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'I took this at Horham, Eng A.B., 7th Mar 1945. R.E. "Lefty" Nairn, 336 Sqdn, 95 BG.'

43-38288

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

43-38776

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Passion Wagon : Victory Devils
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

43-38996

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA 19 May 1913 Son of Andrew Hallock and Jane S [Pewterbaugh] Space.

Enlisted

Wilkes Barre, PA 23 January 1943 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Other

Discharged USAAF

24 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA 7 October 1990

Buried

Sunnyside Cemetery Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA 10 October 1990 Sunnyside Cemetery Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Based

Horham Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/record/87140342/alfred-l-space-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/6357
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207669961/alfred-lance-space

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php