Alvin was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 7th Bomber Squadron, 34th Bomber Group, Heavy
Service ID: 18138207.
He entered the service from Louisiana.
Killed on D-Day-Liberation of North West Europe. The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 am British Double Summer Time (GMT+2).
Awards: Purple Heart
B-24H 41-28838 E/C Misery Agent
Mission number 10 Took off at 0234 hours-June 6, 1944
and flew position 1-3 in 2nd Squadron and carried twelve 500 lb bombs but these were not dropped. It ran out of fuel and crashed and burned with wheels up in the Olde Woode at Corfe Castle near the English south coast killing all 9 on board.There were no airfields in the area.
Missing Air Crew Report reports location as Studland Battle Training Area, which is five miles south-east of Wareham.
Second Lieutenant Herman M Doell
(Pilot)Service # O-687561
Second Lieutenant Lewis A Duncan
(CP) Service # O-700422
Staff Sergeant Vincent C Drozdek(NG) Service # 36648028
Second Lieutenant Robert K "Bob" Swarthout
The above are interred at Cambridge.
The following were repatriated to USA.
Staff Sergeant William De Valera Curtin (E)
Staff Sergeant Jerome M Helget
Staff Sergeant William E Price (WG)
Sergeant Arthur Stancati (Tail Gunner)
Service ID: 18138207.
He entered the service from Louisiana.
Killed on D-Day-Liberation of North West Europe. The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 am British Double Summer Time (GMT+2).
Awards: Purple Heart
B-24H 41-28838 E/C Misery Agent
Mission number 10 Took off at 0234 hours-June 6, 1944
and flew position 1-3 in 2nd Squadron and carried twelve 500 lb bombs but these were not dropped. It ran out of fuel and crashed and burned with wheels up in the Olde Woode at Corfe Castle near the English south coast killing all 9 on board.There were no airfields in the area.
Missing Air Crew Report reports location as Studland Battle Training Area, which is five miles south-east of Wareham.
Second Lieutenant Herman M Doell
(Pilot)Service # O-687561
Second Lieutenant Lewis A Duncan
(CP) Service # O-700422
Staff Sergeant Vincent C Drozdek(NG) Service # 36648028
Second Lieutenant Robert K "Bob" Swarthout
The above are interred at Cambridge.
The following were repatriated to USA.
Staff Sergeant William De Valera Curtin (E)
Staff Sergeant Jerome M Helget
Staff Sergeant William E Price (WG)
Sergeant Arthur Stancati (Tail Gunner)
Alvin was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 7th Bomber Squadron, 34th Bomber Group, Heavy
Service ID: 18138207.
He entered the service from Louisiana.
Killed on D-Day-Liberation of North West Europe. The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 am British Double Summer Time (GMT+2).
Awards: Purple Heart
B-24H 41-28838 E/C Misery Agent
Mission number 10 Took off at 0234 hours-June 6, 1944
and flew position 1-3 in 2nd Squadron and carried twelve 500 lb bombs but these were not dropped. It ran out of fuel and crashed and burned with wheels up in the Olde Woode at Corfe Castle near the English south coast killing all 9 on board.There were no airfields in the area.
Missing Air Crew Report reports location as Studland Battle Training Area, which is five miles south-east of Wareham.
Second Lieutenant Herman M Doell
(Pilot)Service # O-687561
Second Lieutenant Lewis A Duncan
(CP) Service # O-700422
Staff Sergeant Vincent C Drozdek(NG) Service # 36648028
Second Lieutenant Robert K "Bob" Swarthout
The above are interred at Cambridge.
The following were repatriated to USA.
Staff Sergeant William De Valera Curtin (E)
Staff Sergeant Jerome M Helget
Staff Sergeant William E Price (WG)
Sergeant Arthur Stancati (Tail Gunner)
Service ID: 18138207.
He entered the service from Louisiana.
Killed on D-Day-Liberation of North West Europe. The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 am British Double Summer Time (GMT+2).
Awards: Purple Heart
B-24H 41-28838 E/C Misery Agent
Mission number 10 Took off at 0234 hours-June 6, 1944
and flew position 1-3 in 2nd Squadron and carried twelve 500 lb bombs but these were not dropped. It ran out of fuel and crashed and burned with wheels up in the Olde Woode at Corfe Castle near the English south coast killing all 9 on board.There were no airfields in the area.
Missing Air Crew Report reports location as Studland Battle Training Area, which is five miles south-east of Wareham.
Second Lieutenant Herman M Doell
(Pilot)Service # O-687561
Second Lieutenant Lewis A Duncan
(CP) Service # O-700422
Staff Sergeant Vincent C Drozdek(NG) Service # 36648028
Second Lieutenant Robert K "Bob" Swarthout
The above are interred at Cambridge.
The following were repatriated to USA.
Staff Sergeant William De Valera Curtin (E)
Staff Sergeant Jerome M Helget
Staff Sergeant William E Price (WG)
Sergeant Arthur Stancati (Tail Gunner)
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