Name:
Alvord Rutherford
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Serial Number:
O-020668
Unit:
Headquarters, 319th Bomber Group, Medium
Date of Death:
1942-11-12
State:
District of Columbia
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
E
Row:
19
Grave:
34
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
LTC Alvord Rutherford, passenger of the B-26 Marauder 41-17777 "Boogie Woogie", took off from Attelbridge, UK to move Headquarters to North Africa for Operation Torch. However, a Me-109 German fighter shot them down en route.