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ALVIN G. DETERMAN CREW 358th BS B-17G #43-97298
The Floose 358BS (VK-H) (crew assigned 358BS: 21 April 1944 - photo: May 1944)
(Back L-R) 2Lt Alvin G. Determan (P-POW), 2Lt Ervin J. Pfahler (CP-KIA), 2Lt Jackson Palmer, Jr. (N-KIA), 2Lt Lamar E. Ledbetter (B) (KIS)
(Front L-R) S/Sgt Milton C. Hendrickson (E-KIA), S/Sgt Robert H. Asman (R-POW), Sgt Manuel Vasquez (BTG-KIA), Sgt Acel E. Livingston (WG-KIA), Sgt Wayne E. Cope (TG-POW), Sgt Albert R. Carroccia (WG-KIA) (KIA/POW) On May 28, 1944 on Mission #163 to Leipzig, Germany.
B-17G #42-107028 (No Name) was lost to anti-aircraft fire. 2Lt Ledbetter was not on the mission.
He was replaced by 2Lt James A. McCamy (B-KIA)
(KIS) LtCol Lamar E. Ledbetter was Killed in Service on 20 February 1963 on a B-47 Training Flight with the 343rd BS, 98th Bomb Wing, stationed at Lincoln AFB, NE. [photo courtesy of Robert F. Determan, nephew of Alvin G. Determan.
The Floose 358BS (VK-H) (crew assigned 358BS: 21 April 1944 - photo: May 1944)
(Back L-R) 2Lt Alvin G. Determan (P-POW), 2Lt Ervin J. Pfahler (CP-KIA), 2Lt Jackson Palmer, Jr. (N-KIA), 2Lt Lamar E. Ledbetter (B) (KIS)
(Front L-R) S/Sgt Milton C. Hendrickson (E-KIA), S/Sgt Robert H. Asman (R-POW), Sgt Manuel Vasquez (BTG-KIA), Sgt Acel E. Livingston (WG-KIA), Sgt Wayne E. Cope (TG-POW), Sgt Albert R. Carroccia (WG-KIA) (KIA/POW) On May 28, 1944 on Mission #163 to Leipzig, Germany.
B-17G #42-107028 (No Name) was lost to anti-aircraft fire. 2Lt Ledbetter was not on the mission.
He was replaced by 2Lt James A. McCamy (B-KIA)
(KIS) LtCol Lamar E. Ledbetter was Killed in Service on 20 February 1963 on a B-47 Training Flight with the 343rd BS, 98th Bomb Wing, stationed at Lincoln AFB, NE. [photo courtesy of Robert F. Determan, nephew of Alvin G. Determan.
