The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Sergeant Alfred F. Turgeon, 23, killed during World War II, was accounted for 13 Jan 2021.
In the summer of 1943, Turgeon was a crew member assigned to the 344th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft (tail #41-24198) on which Turgeon was serving as a Radio Operator/left waist gunner crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania (see Florence American Cemetery and Memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 56367104).
In the summer of 1943, Turgeon was a crew member assigned to the 344th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft (tail #41-24198) on which Turgeon was serving as a Radio Operator/left waist gunner crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania (see Florence American Cemetery and Memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 56367104).
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Sergeant Alfred F. Turgeon, 23, killed during World War II, was accounted for 13 Jan 2021.
In the summer of 1943, Turgeon was a crew member assigned to the 344th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft (tail #41-24198) on which Turgeon was serving as a Radio Operator/left waist gunner crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania (see Florence American Cemetery and Memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 56367104).
In the summer of 1943, Turgeon was a crew member assigned to the 344th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft (tail #41-24198) on which Turgeon was serving as a Radio Operator/left waist gunner crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania (see Florence American Cemetery and Memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 56367104).
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