Alger Jenkins
Service number
R/56125
Military unit
408 Sqdn 434 Sqdn
Address
New York, New York State, USA.
Date of birth
16 May 1914
Date of death
27 Mar 1942 (28 years old)
Place of birth
Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
Employment, education or hobbies
Clerk - Bank.
- Family History
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Family history
Son of Alger and Louise Snedecor Jenkins, of Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
Military history
27/28 March 1942 Hampden AE219 408 Sqn. Took off 19.27 from RAF Balderton to mine lay the Weser Estuary. Intercepted 22.21, North Sea off Terschelling by Bf110 R4+DM night fighter piloted by Oblt Rudolf Schoenert and Ofw Johannes Richter 5/NJG2 killing all crew.
P/O William Fraser RCAF
WO2 Alger Jenkins RCAF - US Citizen.
Sgt Arthur Trawford
Sgt Herman Bird - All missing.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Alger Jenkins