The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
S/Sgt. A. M. Holen served as top turret gunner on the 1 August 1943 Ploesti mission with the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. Holen was wounded during the mission.
T/Sgt. Reed noted in his report that the top turret gunner was among those wounded before the aircraft went down, and Reed's crew list annotates Holen with the word 'wounded' based on interphone communications. His ultimate fate was not confirmed.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number
20709155
Hometown
MN
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 115
01 Aug 1943
Ploesti
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Florence American Cemetery
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record