Rank and Name, Sergeant Elroy Carl Albrecht .

Unit/placed in, 1st Bomber Squadron, 9th Bomber Group (Very Heavy).

Elroy was born  on 1925 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York.

Father, Charles Albrecht.

Mother, Elssie Albrecht.

Elroy entered  the service from Rochester, New York in July 16, 1943 with service number # 32938755.

Elroy’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were;

1st Lt. Murel W. Hardgrave Pilot

1st Lt. Lowell H. Dobson Radar Observer

2nd Lt. Ernest P. Deutsch Co Pilot

2nd Lt. Donald Reed Navigator

2nd Lt. William V. Brabham Bombardier

M/S. David C. Nesmith Flight Engineer

S/Sgt. Robert W. Driscoll Radio Operator

S/Sgt. John R. Schoonmaker Central Fire Control

Sgt. Elroy C. Albrecht Right Waist Gunner

Sgt. William T. Cocke Jr. Left Waist Gunner

Sgt. Richard A. Gilman Tail Gunner

Elroy was KIA during the mission to Nagoya, Japan, the plane was hit by FLAK and  Exploded, on March 25, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Elroy is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to http://9thbombgroup.org/ Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/