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Personal info

Full name
HAUSER, Alfred Charles
Date of birth
7 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Jackson Heights, Long Island, New York

Military service

Service number
O-703991
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
338th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 May 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schwarmstedt, 6 km west of Gut Hustedt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 20 9

Immediate family

Members
Alfred C. Hauser (father)
Irene L. Hauser (mother)
Wesley Hauser (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102525
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 4576

More information

2nd Lt Alfred C Hauser joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve at Nashville Ac Facilities, Tennessee on 5 March 1943.

The airplane was attacked by fighters and broke in half prior to the crash. The entire crew of 10 was killed.

Eight of them were recovered and buried at the Jewish cemetery of Hoya on 10 May 1944. Only the remains of James V. Ball, then listed as unknown, was buried at the Russian POW Cemetery of Vechta on 11 May 1944. Eight days after the crash, a Luftwaffe guard detail discovered the totally burned remains of the last two crewmembers in the wrackage (Edward J. Bondy and Charles B. Birdsey). Their are no records what happened with these bodies.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier