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Alice E Lovejoy

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Alice E Lovejoy Veteran

Birth
Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA
Death
13 Sep 1944 (aged 29)
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
Burial
Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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WASP USAAF WWII
568th AAFBU Brownsville Air Field TX


She was the daughter of Frank Woods Lovejoy and Laura J Armstrong of Scarsdale, New York. Her siblings were Rosalind A Lovejoy Link and Dr Frances Lovejoy Timmons.


She entered AAF flight training on 06 April 1943 at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas and graduated on 11 September 1943.
She was a ferry pilot and was stationed at Romulus Army Air Base, Michigan.

She was killed on a training mission in a mid-air collision near Brownsville, Texas in AT-6C #41-32182.

The inscription on her grave marker reads-
ALICE LOVEJOY
(WASP)
WOMAN AIR FORCE SERVICE PILOT
KILLED IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH
IN THE SERVICE
OF HER COUNTRY
SEPTEMBER 13, 1944
AT ST. PORT ISABEL CHANNEL
--TEXAS--


She was one of thirty-eight WWII WASPs killed while in the service of their country


WASP USAAF WWII
568th AAFBU Brownsville Air Field TX


She was the daughter of Frank Woods Lovejoy and Laura J Armstrong of Scarsdale, New York. Her siblings were Rosalind A Lovejoy Link and Dr Frances Lovejoy Timmons.


She entered AAF flight training on 06 April 1943 at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas and graduated on 11 September 1943.
She was a ferry pilot and was stationed at Romulus Army Air Base, Michigan.

She was killed on a training mission in a mid-air collision near Brownsville, Texas in AT-6C #41-32182.

The inscription on her grave marker reads-
ALICE LOVEJOY
(WASP)
WOMAN AIR FORCE SERVICE PILOT
KILLED IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH
IN THE SERVICE
OF HER COUNTRY
SEPTEMBER 13, 1944
AT ST. PORT ISABEL CHANNEL
--TEXAS--


She was one of thirty-eight WWII WASPs killed while in the service of their country




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