Albert served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24J (#44-40294) "Slossie", 701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 16, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Bellmen and also as Single, with dependents.
Albert was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line Of Duty" during the war and was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters for previous service.
The story of a diary maintained by Charles Moran, the co-pilot in the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group was broadcast on PBS History detectives. Very poignant and interesting show relating to this crew and their disappearance.
Speers's plane and it's crew disappeared on a routine training mission on October 31st, 1944. They were part of a 30 plane practice mission. Weather was overcast from 600' to 8,000' with light icing reported by the crews at debriefing. Nothing was ever heard from the crew after takeoff. No distress or Mayday call - no wreckage or bodies recovered - and none of the flight path was supposed to be over the Channel.
Service # 33733116
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Those missing along with Albert included:
Edward J Speers, 1st Lt., Pilot, New York
William H Moran Jr, 1st Lt., Co-Pilot, New York
Robert K Rouse, 1st Lt., California
Robert M Dickey, T/Sgt, Ohio
James R Byars, T/Sgt, North Carolina
Robert A Dittmar, S/Sgt, New York
William A Morris, S/Sgt, California
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 16, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Bellmen and also as Single, with dependents.
Albert was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line Of Duty" during the war and was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters for previous service.
The story of a diary maintained by Charles Moran, the co-pilot in the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group was broadcast on PBS History detectives. Very poignant and interesting show relating to this crew and their disappearance.
Speers's plane and it's crew disappeared on a routine training mission on October 31st, 1944. They were part of a 30 plane practice mission. Weather was overcast from 600' to 8,000' with light icing reported by the crews at debriefing. Nothing was ever heard from the crew after takeoff. No distress or Mayday call - no wreckage or bodies recovered - and none of the flight path was supposed to be over the Channel.
Service # 33733116
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Those missing along with Albert included:
Edward J Speers, 1st Lt., Pilot, New York
William H Moran Jr, 1st Lt., Co-Pilot, New York
Robert K Rouse, 1st Lt., California
Robert M Dickey, T/Sgt, Ohio
James R Byars, T/Sgt, North Carolina
Robert A Dittmar, S/Sgt, New York
William A Morris, S/Sgt, California
Albert served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24J (#44-40294) "Slossie", 701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 16, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Bellmen and also as Single, with dependents.
Albert was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line Of Duty" during the war and was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters for previous service.
The story of a diary maintained by Charles Moran, the co-pilot in the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group was broadcast on PBS History detectives. Very poignant and interesting show relating to this crew and their disappearance.
Speers's plane and it's crew disappeared on a routine training mission on October 31st, 1944. They were part of a 30 plane practice mission. Weather was overcast from 600' to 8,000' with light icing reported by the crews at debriefing. Nothing was ever heard from the crew after takeoff. No distress or Mayday call - no wreckage or bodies recovered - and none of the flight path was supposed to be over the Channel.
Service # 33733116
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Those missing along with Albert included:
Edward J Speers, 1st Lt., Pilot, New York
William H Moran Jr, 1st Lt., Co-Pilot, New York
Robert K Rouse, 1st Lt., California
Robert M Dickey, T/Sgt, Ohio
James R Byars, T/Sgt, North Carolina
Robert A Dittmar, S/Sgt, New York
William A Morris, S/Sgt, California
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 16, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Bellmen and also as Single, with dependents.
Albert was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line Of Duty" during the war and was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters for previous service.
The story of a diary maintained by Charles Moran, the co-pilot in the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group was broadcast on PBS History detectives. Very poignant and interesting show relating to this crew and their disappearance.
Speers's plane and it's crew disappeared on a routine training mission on October 31st, 1944. They were part of a 30 plane practice mission. Weather was overcast from 600' to 8,000' with light icing reported by the crews at debriefing. Nothing was ever heard from the crew after takeoff. No distress or Mayday call - no wreckage or bodies recovered - and none of the flight path was supposed to be over the Channel.
Service # 33733116
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Those missing along with Albert included:
Edward J Speers, 1st Lt., Pilot, New York
William H Moran Jr, 1st Lt., Co-Pilot, New York
Robert K Rouse, 1st Lt., California
Robert M Dickey, T/Sgt, Ohio
James R Byars, T/Sgt, North Carolina
Robert A Dittmar, S/Sgt, New York
William A Morris, S/Sgt, California
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
