Alger, Harry R., Sgt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Sergeant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 611-Aerial Gunner

Last AFSC Group
Air Crew (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1942-1942, AAF MOS 611, 353rd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy

Service Years
1940 - 1942

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1911

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Casualty Info

Home Town Stroudsburg	Last Address 353rd Bomb Squadron

Casualty Date Nov 28, 1942
Cause Hostile, Died while Missing	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Mediterranean Sea	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial - Carthage, Tunisia	Wall/Plot Coordinates Walls of the Missing

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Association Memberships


	1942, World War II Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments/ Advancement Schools


	1940-1942, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
	1942-1942, AAF MOS 611, 301st Bombardment Group, Heavy
	1942-1942, AAF MOS 611, 353rd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1942-1942 World War II/European-African-Middle Eastern Theater/Egypt-Libya Campaign (1942-43)

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1942-1942, B-17 Flying Fortress

Additional Information

Last Known Activity Harry R. Alger was born on August 17, 1911 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to Morris R. and Laura M. Alger. The US Census 1930 shows the family residing in East Stroudsburg. Alger enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 15, 1940. His enlistment documents state he had completed 4 years of high school, and was working as a semi-skilled mechanic on motor vehicles. He was trained as an aerial gunner, and then sent overseas on August 8, 1942. He was assigned to the combat crew led by Lt Maher. On November 28, 1942, the crew participated in a bombing raid on Bizerte, Tunisia. En route to the target area, the formation was attacked by enemy fighters, and Maher's aircraft was shot down. It crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all aboard. There was never any bodies recovered. Alger is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing in the North Africa American Cemetery in Tunis, Tunisia. There is also a stone in his memory located in the Prospect Cemetery in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. NOTE: The memory stone gives his rank as TSgt. All other sources state Sgt. www.findagrave.com www.ancestry.com www.abmc.gov www.301stbg,com/301st_bombardment_group.cfm www.301stbg.com/mission_Macrs.cfm US Census 1930 NARA Enlistment Records		Comments/Citation Sgt Harry R. Alger was an assigned waist gunner on B-17F #41-24374, no name, assigned to the 353rd Bomb Squadron. Missing Air Crew Report 16038 was issued for this loss of crew/aircraft. Mission loading lists state the crew was: 1 Lt Robert E. Maher p 2 Lt Roy C. Tobey c-p 2 Lt Lee H. Adkins nav 2 Lt Fred J. Graf bomb MSgt Edward C. Shackleton eng/tt gun TSgt Frank J. Conlon r/o Sgt Harry R. Alger wg Sgt Max D. McNeil wg Sgt Charles R. Goodwin tail gun Ranks and grades as of mission date. Shackleton's middle initial is listed in various source documents as "C," "O," and "W." There is no known photo of this crew.