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Re: Alfonso G Seagraves, RAF and USAAF pilot, MIA 13 June 1945
Hello, thank to all
Well, this case is more complicated than I thought, with both possible names and about half of the sources using each of them. Still if the man himself signed "Segraves", I will use it, I guess he knows his own name.
Then for his final date I don't think he survived. Mireles only includes in his book fatal accidents, so the official accident report lists the pilot (as Seagraves) as still missing. Why he was not included in the West Coast Memorial is unknown (maybe because he was part of a school unit?).
As for the serial, the P-38L 44-23892 was only damaged (Cat 3) on 19 September 1944. This entry confirms that at the time he was with 440th Base Unit at Santa Maria. So it COULD still be there nine months later.
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