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 1921 - 1943 (21 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Alfred Eugene Montgomery was born on 22 Jul 1921 in Harlan, Kentucky, USA; died on 31 Jan 1943 in Messina, Sicilia, Italy; was buried in 1943 in Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1930, Harlan, Kentucky, USA; District 5
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Wythe, Virginia, USA
Notes:
Added by Dan Phelan
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TSgt Alfred E Montgomery
Birth 22 Jul 1921
Death 31 Jan 1943 (aged 21)
Messina, Città Metropolitana di Messina, Sicilia, Italy
Burial
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial
Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Plot Wall of the Missing
Memorial ID 56249125 · View Source
On January 31, 1943, Montgomery was flight engineer on B-24D #41-11603 named 'Malicious', assigned to the 9th Air Force, 376th Bombardment Group, 513th Bombardment Squadron. Malicious was the lead plane on a combat mission to bomb Messina Harbor in Sicily. Two engines were knocked out of commission by anti-aircraft artillery, but they stayed on their bomb run and hit their target. They were then set upon by German fighter planes and after a running battle, were forced to make a water crash landing into the Tyrrhenian Sea, twenty miles off the coast of Messina, Sicily. Crewmen in other aircraft saw four to six men evacuate the plane into life rafts, but subsequent rescue flights were unable to locate the men.
Because his body was never recovered, he's memorialized on the Wall of the Missing.
Montgomery was from Lee County, VA. He received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Buried:
Shackleford Cemetery
Alfred married in Never Married. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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