Attebery, Alan C.

Rank and Name, Captain Alan C. Attebery.

Unit/Placed in, Headquarters, V Air Service Command.

 

Alan is born approx. on 1918 in Missouri.

Father, Ira R. Attebery.

Mother, Lillie B. (Yeter) Attebery.

Brother(s), Ottner J. Attebery.

 

Alan enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 0-664493.

 

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

Lt. Col.          Walter Piehl                     Pilot

Capt.            Alan C. Attebery               Co Pilot

T/Sgt.          Edgar W. Elseman             Crew Chief

S/Sgt.           Cortez A. Biel                   Engineer

S/Sgt.           Henry Y. Willis                  Radio Operator

Major           Robert H. Barnes              Passenger

Major           V. De Henriques                Passenger

Captain        Russell G. Helmer              Passenger

Captain        Fred J. Lewis                    Passenger

Captain        Paul V. Mc Knight             Passenger

Captain        Wendell J. Root                 Passenger

1^st Lt.           Winton D. Witmer             Passenger

2^nd Lt.          John C. Campbell              Passenger

2^nd Lt.          Roland J. Hickey               Passenger

Wojg.            Dawson L. Hutchison          Passenger

S/Sgt.           August J. Bachor               Passenger

Sgt.              William R. Ray                  Passenger

Corp.            Noel L. Lowe                     Passenger

Pvt.              Clyde H. Hopkins               Passenger

Alan died on a administrative flight that was planned with a stopover at Tadji Airfield, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. But they never arrived there (reason unknown) on 8 July 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Aviator Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Allan is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2464.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com