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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Alvin Relivew Hart

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Spokane, Washington

Honored By

Sam E. Pennartz

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

B-29 Superfortress CFC Aerial Gunner, serial #42-65348, Call Sign: A-Square-16, 20th Air Force, XXI Bomber Command, 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bombardment Group (VH), 869th Bomb Squadron, Isley Airfield, Saipan, Mariana Islands. On 1 June 1945, the aircraft was hit in the #1 engine over the target at Osaka, Japan. According to a Japanese historian, the plane was shot down by fighters and crashed in a mountain south of Osaka.