Glen Edward Alfter

Military
media-19038.jpeg UPL 19038 Sergeant Glen E Alfter of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Sent through to the museum by Glen Alfter's son, Colonel Frank Alfter, USAF (Ret).

Object Number - UPL 19038 - Sergeant Glen E Alfter of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Shot down 13 April 1944 during Schweinfurt raid in B-17 #42-37816 'Big Stupe'. Wounded by shrapnel along with the pilot and navigator before crash landing at Rambucourt, France. Captured and incarcerated at Stalag Luft XVII B. Liberated May 1945. Continued service in USAF until March 1973.



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAME/ WW II VM/ POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Stupe V
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 13 April 1944

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dwight, Illinois, USA 26 September 1924

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Assigned

Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK 5 December 1943 Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #160 dated 5 December 1943, Ferris Ormond Heffley Crew. 23 combat missions.

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 13 April 1944

Enlisted

Illinois, USA 23 November 1945 Second Enlistment Technical Sergeant, Air Corps

Died

1 August 1982 Burial: Riverside National Cemetery Riverside Riverside County California, USA Plot: 1, 0, 813

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Added some info to the "Summary biography" gleaned from a presentation by the son of the Tail Gunner, Col. Frank Alfter (USAF Retired).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3868 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / family, MACR 3868, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

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