David William Alexander (1915 - 1985)

Born 19 Oct 1915 in Warm Springs, Bath, Virginia, United States

Died 1 Sep 1985 at age 69 in South Carolina, United States

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Biography

David Alexander was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

David Alexander was awarded the Air Medal.

David Alexander was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

David Alexander was awarded the World War II Victory Medal.

David Alexander served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: 25 Aug 1940
Unit(s): 44th Bombardment Group, Ninth Air Force
Service ended: 30 Nov 1963

David was born 19 October 1915 in Warm Springs, Bath, Virginia. He was the son of Russel Alexander and Esta Lee Thomas.^[1]

David was the pilot of the B-24 Liberator bomber, Flak Alley (41-24225-T), participating in Operation Tidal Wave the low-level attack on the Romanian oil refineries at Ploesti on 1 August 1943.

He passed away 1 September 1985 in South Carolina.^[2]

• 1930 - Cedar Creek, Bath, Virginia, United States.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Births, 1864-2016. Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9277 #69039
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. North Carolina Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina. Ancestry Record 8908 #6862337
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C8FW-HPZ : accessed 24 November 2021), William D Alexander in household of Russel K Alexander, Cedar Creek, Bath, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 28B, line 93, family 547, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2435; FHL microfilm 2,342,169.

• 12 Virginians Awarded DFC, The Richmond News Leader, Richmond, Virginia, 17 Nov 1943, Wed • Page 26
• ALEXANDER GIVEN MEDAL, The Daily News Leader, Staunton, Virginia, 20 Nov 1943, Sat • Page 5
• VIRGINIANS DECORATED, The Daily News Leader, Staunton, Virginia, 01 Dec 1943, Wed • Page 2
• BATCH COUNTY NEWS ITEMS, The News Leader, Staunton, Virginia, 13 Jul 1945, Fri • Page 4
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ancestry Record 2441 #583236
• American Air Museum in Britain - David W. Alexander
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. United States Military Registers, 1902–1985. Salem, Oregon: Oregon State Library. Ancestry Record 2345 #1560585