Albright, J. F. – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant J. F. “Buddy” Albright.

Unit/Placed in, 364^th Bomber Squadron, 305^th Bomber group (Heavy).

J. F. is born on 4 January 1923 in Capron, Woods County, Oklahoma.

Father, Charles Lewis Albright.

Mother, Margaret Helen (Sumers) Albright.

Sister(s), Gloria Margarite Albright.

Brother(s), Charles Richard Albright.

J.F. enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 18192182.

J.F.‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,

1^st Lt. Charles O Barnes Pilot

2^nd Lt. Frank Hopko Jr Co-Pilot

2^nd Lt. Rowland Gaunt Navigator

2^nd Lt. John E Maguire Bombardier

SSgt. J. F. Albright Radio Operator

SSgt. Delbert R Mann Top Turret Gunner

Sgt. William E Baynes Ball Turret Gunner

Sgt. Robert R Earp Right Waist Gunner

Sgt. Peter R Sfikas Left Waist Gunner

Sgt. George L Walker Jr Tail Gunner

J.F. was MIA on the Heavy Bombardment mission to the Danish Coast when they got shot by enemy Fighters and crashed in the North Sea on 22 February 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

J.F. was buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Walls of the missing.

J.F. now is buried/mentioned at Alva Municipal Cemetery

Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/j-f-albrigh t

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-31409-liberty-run/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVH4-4FB

https://www.airmen.dk/p271propLRun.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker