Robert L. Alexander Updated: 17 AUG 2015
Airman: o888592.htm Surname: Alexander Init: R L Rank: Lt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 367
P_link: p202.htm Plane: B17 42-3084 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Kiel Bugt (Bay)
Crash_d: d290743 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
Den 29. juli 1943 om formiddagen blev
B17 42-3084 ramt af en tysk jager efter at have passeret
målområdet Kiel (som er
her). Lieutenant Robert L. Alexander var
Bombardier
på
B17 42-3084. (Kilde: AOD) On 29 July 1943 before noon B17 42-3084 was hit by a German fighter after it had been over the target area of Kiel (which is here). MACR about all of the operation of 1st Wing: "207.9 tons of bombs dropped over the shipyards and 767.000 propaganda leaflets unloaded." Lt R. L. Alexander was rescued from the sea by the Germans. He was taken to Stalag Luft III Sagan and Stalag Nuremburg-Langwasser. (Source: AOD) Lieutenant Robert L. Alexander was the Bombardier of B17 42-3084. (Source: AOD) 1 airman from
B17 42-3084 was buried in Denmark, 1 in Belgium, 1 in the
USA, and 6 have no known grave (5 NET - 1
CAM). 1 was taken to
German POW-Camps. |