Alfred P. Archambeau was born on September 23, 1922, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served in the 579th Bombardment Squadron, 392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Waist Gunner of B-24 #42-7510 nicknamed ''El Lobo'' during World War II.

On April 29, 1944, the B-24 Liberator “El Lobo” departed RAF Wendling, England, on a major bombing mission over Germany, marking the group’s first large-scale raid toward Berlin as part of the Allied strategic bombing campaign. During the mission, the formation encountered heavy German defenses, including intense anti-aircraft fire and fighter interceptions, creating chaotic conditions in which several aircraft were damaged or forced out of formation. “El Lobo” eventually became separated, leaving it exposed as a vulnerable “straggler,” and was subsequently shot down by enemy action. The aircraft crashed in a wooded area near Dinklage, within today’s Burgwald forest, killing all ten crew members.

Sgt Archambeau is now buried in the Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

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