Alexander William L. Co-pilot B17 42-3219

[Froggy]

I'am looking for information about Alexander William L. He was Co-pilot on a B17.
His plane is shot down on 17 july 1943. His name is in the Wall of the Missing in Margraten Netherlands. I've adobted the name.
The MACR i've found is very difficult to read, so my question in the book Losses of the 8th and 9th airforce part 1 must be the crew list en maybe some tekst what is o the MACR but what i can't read.
Can sombody help me with names from the crew an maybe more information about the plane.
Publication Number: M1380
Year:17 July 1943
Serial Number: 42-3219
Report Number: 93
Point Of Departure: Station 468

Manny thanks

Froggy

[michel]

Hello Froggy

B-17F 42-3219 Nickname ""Dear Mom"" 333BS 94thBG

Target: Hamburg Germany


Pilot: Robert B Powledge
Co-Pilot: William L Alexander
Navigator: Louis F Johnson
Bombardier: Albert Finkelstein
Radio Operator: Joseph F Griffin
Top Turret: Arthur C Hiller
Ball Turret: Leo Schmidt
Tail Gunner:Warren F Hoffmann
Right Waist: Eugene H Jones
Left Waist: ???????

This was the crew when the plane crashed.

Michel

[michel]

Froggy,

All crewmembers except the Left Waist Gunner are on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands.


Michel

[Leendert]

Froggy,

LWG was T/Sgt Everett A. Quimby.
Names hard to read on MACR indeed, but when you compare the names with the ABMC listing for 333rd BS/94th BG you can get several matches.
The annotations on footnote.com get get you in the right direction as well.

Groet,

Leendert

[Froggy]

People thanks for this information. I am very happy with it.
Hopefully someone can ever tell me more about this plane and maybe there is a photo of the crew or plane.
It is unfortunate that nobody survived this crash, but that was a good illusion
I am very happy and go see if I can adopt the names, so a few times a year their names are remembered.

Froggy

[FrankieS]

... and, please, where did it crash ?

[Alex Smart]

Hello FrankieS,

Sorry I thought I said.

"Seen going down near Heligoland two engines smoking".

MACR may have more detailed info.

All the best
Alex

[Horst Weber]

Good morning FrankieS !

There is one German report (A.V. 1579/45) at July 17th, 1943, which mentions an enemy case at "Ording", which is by my understanding the town of St.Peter-Ording. This town is located at the due west coast of Schleswig-Holstein, about 100 km west of Kiel.

The a/c may have crashed there, since Heligoland is due west of St. Pter-Oerding. It's also possible, that one crew-member was washed ashore the beach in the area and was identified.

Best regards !

Horst Weber

[FrankieS]

thank you boys !
... just musing about:
when will we have at the internet a site with all losses, all crashplaces, all dates, all pilots, all serials, ...
like ONE BIG EXCEL SPREADSHEET with all the infos of Baugher, crashplace.de, lostbombers and forum12oclock combined and to ready for updates by everybody like a nice Wikipedia project ...
... just musing ...
happy new year to all of you, YES WE CAN !?