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Personal info

Full name
PULVER, Albert Gilbert Jr
Date of birth
27 May 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Harris County, Illinois
Hometown
Calhoun County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-683310
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
423rd Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1944
Place of death
Near Herfen-Waldbröl, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 12 8

Immediate family

Members
Albert G. Pulver (father)
Julia H. (Cavanaught) Pulver (mother)
Mary J. Pulver (sister)
Patricia M. Pulver (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-39945
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Holy Hellcat
Destination: Bernburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Junkers-Zweigwerke aviation industry
MACR: 2649

More information

1st Lt Albert G. Pulver graduated from high school in Chicago, Illinois and attended college. He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 17 February 1941.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fighters on the return flight. Seven crew members were killed. They were initially buried at the Evangelical Cemetery of Waldbröl on 25 February 1944.

Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/MACRmonthly/44FebMACR.htm, www.armyairforces.com, www.ancestry.com - Birth Certificate / Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Michel Beckers, http://www.8thafhsoregon.com, Chicago Tribune - 1 April 1944, www.ancestry.com - University High School Yearbook 1935, Arie-Jan van Hees, Navigator Class Book 43-9 San Marcos, Texas