Name | Alexander, Arthur Walton ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 33442076 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Radio Operator / Gunner |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 14 December 1944 |
Results | Completed Combat Tour |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Brookshire, James D⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Rummel, Brian Dunn, Jr⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Mechanick, Harold (NMI)⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Kennedy, Jack Edward⇗ | Bombardier | TR |
SGT. Alexander, Arthur Walton | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
SGT. Zink, Frank John⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Rivers, Arthur Raymond, "Creek"⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Hess, Frank (NMI)⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Hiner, William Max⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Buersmeyer, Sylvanus Reginald, "Bush"⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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179⇗ | 13 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical: Road Network Type: Transportation Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France |
Radio Operator | 42‑31222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, high group. returned with #3 prop windmilling because the shaft broke. Sortie Report⇗ |
182⇗ | 18 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium |
Radio Operator | 43‑37713⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group. Sortie Report⇗ |
183⇗ | 24 August 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37713⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
184⇗ | 25 August 1944 |
Target: Airfield & Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Anklam, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37713⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
185⇗ | 26 August 1944 |
Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37713⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
187⇗ | 3 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37713⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
189⇗ | 8 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑102601⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
191⇗ | 10 September 1944 |
Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
196⇗ | 19 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑102501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
197⇗ | 21 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑102933⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
199⇗ | 26 September 1944 |
Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
200⇗ | 27 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
203⇗ | 2 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑107121⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
204⇗ | 3 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
205⇗ | 5 October 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑107121⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation and bombed target; dropped bombs late. Sortie Report⇗ |
206⇗ | 6 October 1944 |
Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland |
Radio Operator | 42‑107121⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit A group. Sortie Report⇗ |
208⇗ | 9 October 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38548⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
209⇗ | 11 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
213⇗ | 18 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑97251⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
214⇗ | 19 October 1944 |
Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
215⇗ | 25 October 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑107121⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
217⇗ | 1 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
219⇗ | 4 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
221⇗ | 6 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
222⇗ | 8 November 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ahip. Sortie Report⇗ |
223⇗ | 9 November 1944 |
Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France |
Radio Operator | 43‑37713⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
224⇗ | 10 November 1944 |
Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
228⇗ | 23 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
229⇗ | 25 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑102501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
231⇗ | 27 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
233⇗ | 30 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑107083⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High Squadron Sortie Report⇗ |
234⇗ | 2 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
236⇗ | 6 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
237⇗ | 9 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑97251⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
238⇗ | 11 December 1944 |
Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8421⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
239⇗ | 12 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8421⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |