Rank and Name, Aviation Radio Technician First Class Alpha Scott.
Unit/Placed in, Naval Air Transport Squadron 13 (VR-13), United States Navy.
Alpha is born approx. on 1920 in Holland.
Father, Louis B. Scott.
Mother, Marie Louisa Scott.
Alpha and Mother are born in Holland.
Brother(s), Philome Scott.
Born in Belgium.
Sister(s), Verna Scott.
Alpha enlisted the service in California with service number # 5635843.
Alpha‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a R4D-6 were,
Lt. Donald Leslie McInteer Pilot
Captain Richard A. Kirkland Co Pilot
AMM1c. James Thompson Jr. Navigator
AM1c. Barton J. Rassmussen Engineer
ARM2c. Edmund Z. Szczygiel Radio Operator
Lt. Donald V. Johnson Passenger
Lt. Louis C. Skinner Passenger
Lt. G. M. L. Costner Passenger
??? Alsie A. Porterfield Passenger
ART1c. Alpha Scott Passenger
AMM2c. Charles W. Kallal Passenger
ARM3c. Alfred A. France Passenger
ARM3c. Tony D. Drakos Passenger
SM1c. Ben Williams Passenger
SM1c. Bennice Hathaway Passenger
Sgt. A. B. Bosely Passenger
Pvt. H. L. Straub Passenger
Alpha died as passenger on a Scheduled flight, cause is unknown but bad weather probably was a contributing factor. Died on 19 March 1945, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Alpha is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.ozatwar.com/usnavy/vr-13.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website,
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
