Alsop, Harold W. – ww2 Europe

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Harold W. Alsop.

Unit/Placed in, 333^rd Bomber Squadron, 94^th Bomber Group (Heavy).

Harold is born approx. on March 17, 1918 in Vigo County, Illinois.

Father, Oscar W. Alsop.

Mother, Blanche R. (Adams) Alsop.

Harold enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # O-735491.

Harold’s Crew-members and position on-board the plane a B-17 were,

1^st Lt. Harold W. Alsop Pilot

2^nd Lt. Bruce N. Kreischer Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. Charles H. Matthes Navigator

2^nd Lt. Leopold S. Poduszczar Bombardier

T/Sgt. Glen H. Sheets Radio Operator

T/Sgt. Joseph F. Brownd Top Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Howard B. Batfise Ball Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Frank L. Boyd Tail Gunner

S/Sgt. Irwin G. Sewell Right Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Romero L. Varacchi Left Waist Gunner

Harold was KIA, back from the mission the B-17 was shot by a German BF109 over Denmark and crashed in the North Sea on, July 26, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, United States Aviator Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Harold is buried /mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Allendale Cemetery, Allendale, Wabash County, Illinois, USA.

Thanks to http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6350 http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430067.shtml

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

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

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

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

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