Gadding Alex J.

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Alex J. Gadding is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

388th Bomb Group Memorial -RAF Knettishall Station 136

Name:

Alex J. Gadding

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

37309811

Unit:

561st Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1943-07-29

State:

Minnesota

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Alex J. Gadding entered the military service in Minnesota. He resided in Minnesota prior to the war. Alex served as a Staff Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F (#42-5908), 561st Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was involved in a mid air collision with B-17 (#42-30370) and crashed into the North Sea during the war. Ssgt Gadding is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

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