Alton Sylvester Railing
in the Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944
Name: Alton Sylvester Railing
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1920
Birth Place: Washington, Adams, Indiana, USA
Father: Forest J Railing; age 23
Mother: Mary A Garner; age 25; 3rd child; all living
Certificate Number: 51420
Roll Number: 45385_539557
Volume Range: 103 - 108
**
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Alton S Railing; Birth Year: 1920; Race: White, Citizen
(White); Nativity State or Country: Indiana; State of
Residence: Indiana; County or City: Adams; Enlistment Date:
31 Aug 1942; Enlistment State: Ohio; Enlistment City: Toledo;
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA; Grade:
Private; Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the
War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the
discretion of the President or otherwise according to law;
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men); Source: Civil Life;
Education: 1 year of high school; Civil Occupation: Machinists;
Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Height: 66;
Weight: 124
**
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Alton S Railing; Gender: Male; Race: White; Religion:
Protestant; Cemetery Name: Indiana; Disposition: According
to next of kin; Service Branch: Army; Rank: Staff Sergeant;
Service Number: 35338599
**
Alton S Railing
in the U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-
1954
Name: Alton S Railing
Gender: Male
Race: White/Mexican (White)
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1923
Admission Date: Nov 1943
Admission Place: European Area
Discharge Date: Nov 1943
Military Branch: Air Forces (incl MPs who are members of
Guard Squadrons)
Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Killed in action, details not known;
CausativeAgent: None, or unknown; Diagnosis: Killed in
action; CausativeAgent: None or Unknown
Service Number: 35338599
**
8th Air Force, 44th Bomb Group. 66th Squadron. He was the bombadier. The crew departed from the air base at Shipdham, England, and had intended to return there. Their primary target in Brenham, Germany, was an industrial area which was hit with a good pattern. The mission was successful. Weather conditions were quite bad in that it was exceptionally cold, which probably contributed to the colision early in the mission. None of the eleven casualties was caused by enemy action on this mission. Their plane, Mr. 5 X 5, a B-24-Liberator, had been on a bombing run over Germany and were on their way back to England when the plane was caught up in the prop wash of other planes ahead and forced into a collision with #501. The propellers of #501 were cut and sheared off the entire tail section of Mr. 5 X 5, causing it to crash, apparently into the sea. The plane had shrapnel damage from the bombing raid. Members of the crew of the plane in whose prop wash Mr. 5 X 5 was caught observed 6 parachutes coming out of Mr. 5 X 5. However, all members of the crew were Killed in Action that day. All bodies were recovered. Lt. James G. Cary and crew from the 68th Squadron escaped from the collision and returned to base, but only after succeeding in recovering from their spin at an altitude of only 4,000 feet.
in the Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944
Name: Alton Sylvester Railing
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1920
Birth Place: Washington, Adams, Indiana, USA
Father: Forest J Railing; age 23
Mother: Mary A Garner; age 25; 3rd child; all living
Certificate Number: 51420
Roll Number: 45385_539557
Volume Range: 103 - 108
**
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Alton S Railing; Birth Year: 1920; Race: White, Citizen
(White); Nativity State or Country: Indiana; State of
Residence: Indiana; County or City: Adams; Enlistment Date:
31 Aug 1942; Enlistment State: Ohio; Enlistment City: Toledo;
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA; Grade:
Private; Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the
War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the
discretion of the President or otherwise according to law;
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men); Source: Civil Life;
Education: 1 year of high school; Civil Occupation: Machinists;
Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Height: 66;
Weight: 124
**
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Alton S Railing; Gender: Male; Race: White; Religion:
Protestant; Cemetery Name: Indiana; Disposition: According
to next of kin; Service Branch: Army; Rank: Staff Sergeant;
Service Number: 35338599
**
Alton S Railing
in the U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-
1954
Name: Alton S Railing
Gender: Male
Race: White/Mexican (White)
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1923
Admission Date: Nov 1943
Admission Place: European Area
Discharge Date: Nov 1943
Military Branch: Air Forces (incl MPs who are members of
Guard Squadrons)
Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Killed in action, details not known;
CausativeAgent: None, or unknown; Diagnosis: Killed in
action; CausativeAgent: None or Unknown
Service Number: 35338599
**
8th Air Force, 44th Bomb Group. 66th Squadron. He was the bombadier. The crew departed from the air base at Shipdham, England, and had intended to return there. Their primary target in Brenham, Germany, was an industrial area which was hit with a good pattern. The mission was successful. Weather conditions were quite bad in that it was exceptionally cold, which probably contributed to the colision early in the mission. None of the eleven casualties was caused by enemy action on this mission. Their plane, Mr. 5 X 5, a B-24-Liberator, had been on a bombing run over Germany and were on their way back to England when the plane was caught up in the prop wash of other planes ahead and forced into a collision with #501. The propellers of #501 were cut and sheared off the entire tail section of Mr. 5 X 5, causing it to crash, apparently into the sea. The plane had shrapnel damage from the bombing raid. Members of the crew of the plane in whose prop wash Mr. 5 X 5 was caught observed 6 parachutes coming out of Mr. 5 X 5. However, all members of the crew were Killed in Action that day. All bodies were recovered. Lt. James G. Cary and crew from the 68th Squadron escaped from the collision and returned to base, but only after succeeding in recovering from their spin at an altitude of only 4,000 feet.
Alton Sylvester Railing
in the Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944
Name: Alton Sylvester Railing
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1920
Birth Place: Washington, Adams, Indiana, USA
Father: Forest J Railing; age 23
Mother: Mary A Garner; age 25; 3rd child; all living
Certificate Number: 51420
Roll Number: 45385_539557
Volume Range: 103 - 108
**
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Alton S Railing; Birth Year: 1920; Race: White, Citizen
(White); Nativity State or Country: Indiana; State of
Residence: Indiana; County or City: Adams; Enlistment Date:
31 Aug 1942; Enlistment State: Ohio; Enlistment City: Toledo;
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA; Grade:
Private; Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the
War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the
discretion of the President or otherwise according to law;
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men); Source: Civil Life;
Education: 1 year of high school; Civil Occupation: Machinists;
Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Height: 66;
Weight: 124
**
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Alton S Railing; Gender: Male; Race: White; Religion:
Protestant; Cemetery Name: Indiana; Disposition: According
to next of kin; Service Branch: Army; Rank: Staff Sergeant;
Service Number: 35338599
**
Alton S Railing
in the U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-
1954
Name: Alton S Railing
Gender: Male
Race: White/Mexican (White)
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1923
Admission Date: Nov 1943
Admission Place: European Area
Discharge Date: Nov 1943
Military Branch: Air Forces (incl MPs who are members of
Guard Squadrons)
Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Killed in action, details not known;
CausativeAgent: None, or unknown; Diagnosis: Killed in
action; CausativeAgent: None or Unknown
Service Number: 35338599
**
8th Air Force, 44th Bomb Group. 66th Squadron. He was the bombadier. The crew departed from the air base at Shipdham, England, and had intended to return there. Their primary target in Brenham, Germany, was an industrial area which was hit with a good pattern. The mission was successful. Weather conditions were quite bad in that it was exceptionally cold, which probably contributed to the colision early in the mission. None of the eleven casualties was caused by enemy action on this mission. Their plane, Mr. 5 X 5, a B-24-Liberator, had been on a bombing run over Germany and were on their way back to England when the plane was caught up in the prop wash of other planes ahead and forced into a collision with #501. The propellers of #501 were cut and sheared off the entire tail section of Mr. 5 X 5, causing it to crash, apparently into the sea. The plane had shrapnel damage from the bombing raid. Members of the crew of the plane in whose prop wash Mr. 5 X 5 was caught observed 6 parachutes coming out of Mr. 5 X 5. However, all members of the crew were Killed in Action that day. All bodies were recovered. Lt. James G. Cary and crew from the 68th Squadron escaped from the collision and returned to base, but only after succeeding in recovering from their spin at an altitude of only 4,000 feet.
in the Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944
Name: Alton Sylvester Railing
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1920
Birth Place: Washington, Adams, Indiana, USA
Father: Forest J Railing; age 23
Mother: Mary A Garner; age 25; 3rd child; all living
Certificate Number: 51420
Roll Number: 45385_539557
Volume Range: 103 - 108
**
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Alton S Railing; Birth Year: 1920; Race: White, Citizen
(White); Nativity State or Country: Indiana; State of
Residence: Indiana; County or City: Adams; Enlistment Date:
31 Aug 1942; Enlistment State: Ohio; Enlistment City: Toledo;
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA; Grade:
Private; Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the
War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the
discretion of the President or otherwise according to law;
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men); Source: Civil Life;
Education: 1 year of high school; Civil Occupation: Machinists;
Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Height: 66;
Weight: 124
**
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Alton S Railing; Gender: Male; Race: White; Religion:
Protestant; Cemetery Name: Indiana; Disposition: According
to next of kin; Service Branch: Army; Rank: Staff Sergeant;
Service Number: 35338599
**
Alton S Railing
in the U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-
1954
Name: Alton S Railing
Gender: Male
Race: White/Mexican (White)
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1923
Admission Date: Nov 1943
Admission Place: European Area
Discharge Date: Nov 1943
Military Branch: Air Forces (incl MPs who are members of
Guard Squadrons)
Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Killed in action, details not known;
CausativeAgent: None, or unknown; Diagnosis: Killed in
action; CausativeAgent: None or Unknown
Service Number: 35338599
**
8th Air Force, 44th Bomb Group. 66th Squadron. He was the bombadier. The crew departed from the air base at Shipdham, England, and had intended to return there. Their primary target in Brenham, Germany, was an industrial area which was hit with a good pattern. The mission was successful. Weather conditions were quite bad in that it was exceptionally cold, which probably contributed to the colision early in the mission. None of the eleven casualties was caused by enemy action on this mission. Their plane, Mr. 5 X 5, a B-24-Liberator, had been on a bombing run over Germany and were on their way back to England when the plane was caught up in the prop wash of other planes ahead and forced into a collision with #501. The propellers of #501 were cut and sheared off the entire tail section of Mr. 5 X 5, causing it to crash, apparently into the sea. The plane had shrapnel damage from the bombing raid. Members of the crew of the plane in whose prop wash Mr. 5 X 5 was caught observed 6 parachutes coming out of Mr. 5 X 5. However, all members of the crew were Killed in Action that day. All bodies were recovered. Lt. James G. Cary and crew from the 68th Squadron escaped from the collision and returned to base, but only after succeeding in recovering from their spin at an altitude of only 4,000 feet.
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