Lieut David Swanton Alter (1918-1943)

Lieut David Swanton Alter

Birth

26 Feb 1918

Death

20 May 1943 (aged 25)

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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Homewood Cemetery

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map

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Section: 12-2 Lot: 21 Grave: 8

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2nd Lieutenant Alter was the pilot of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #42-7053. Perished when the bomber collided with a 20 million cubic feet natural gas storage tank, at the intersection of West 73rd Street and Central Park Avenue in Chicago, after departing the Municipal Airport (now Midway International Airport). All twelve crew aboard were killed.

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, Burial Date 1943, Ref: Cemetery Records

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