Alfred served as a 2nd Lieutenant & Navigator on C-47 #41-18388, 10th Troop Carrier Squadron, 60th Troop Carrier Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Queens County, New York before the war.
Alfred was "Killed In Action" when his C-47 was shot down over Yugoslavia on a night supply drop to a location named 'Picadilly Pat'. Shots were fired from the ground and the left wing was hit. The aircraft fell off to the left and entered a spiral descent until it impacted the ground near Vocin, Coratia during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and was later repatriated here on March 16, 1949.
Service # O-814060
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on C-47 (#41-18388):
Gunthner, Alfred W ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NY
Houser, Morris R ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, PA
Tschantz, Dick J ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, OH
Warren, James, J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, PA
The Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt. Pinkney Largent, was able to parachute out of the C-47 and survived.
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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He resided in Queens County, New York before the war.
Alfred was "Killed In Action" when his C-47 was shot down over Yugoslavia on a night supply drop to a location named 'Picadilly Pat'. Shots were fired from the ground and the left wing was hit. The aircraft fell off to the left and entered a spiral descent until it impacted the ground near Vocin, Coratia during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and was later repatriated here on March 16, 1949.
Service # O-814060
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on C-47 (#41-18388):
Gunthner, Alfred W ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NY
Houser, Morris R ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, PA
Tschantz, Dick J ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, OH
Warren, James, J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, PA
The Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt. Pinkney Largent, was able to parachute out of the C-47 and survived.
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alfred served as a 2nd Lieutenant & Navigator on C-47 #41-18388, 10th Troop Carrier Squadron, 60th Troop Carrier Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Queens County, New York before the war.
Alfred was "Killed In Action" when his C-47 was shot down over Yugoslavia on a night supply drop to a location named 'Picadilly Pat'. Shots were fired from the ground and the left wing was hit. The aircraft fell off to the left and entered a spiral descent until it impacted the ground near Vocin, Coratia during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and was later repatriated here on March 16, 1949.
Service # O-814060
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on C-47 (#41-18388):
Gunthner, Alfred W ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NY
Houser, Morris R ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, PA
Tschantz, Dick J ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, OH
Warren, James, J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, PA
The Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt. Pinkney Largent, was able to parachute out of the C-47 and survived.
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Queens County, New York before the war.
Alfred was "Killed In Action" when his C-47 was shot down over Yugoslavia on a night supply drop to a location named 'Picadilly Pat'. Shots were fired from the ground and the left wing was hit. The aircraft fell off to the left and entered a spiral descent until it impacted the ground near Vocin, Coratia during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and was later repatriated here on March 16, 1949.
Service # O-814060
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on C-47 (#41-18388):
Gunthner, Alfred W ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NY
Houser, Morris R ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, PA
Tschantz, Dick J ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, OH
Warren, James, J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, PA
The Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt. Pinkney Largent, was able to parachute out of the C-47 and survived.
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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Inscription
2LT, 10 AAF TRP CARR SQ, 60 TRP CARR GP WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
From Queens Co, NY
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