Harley Ernest Jr

Military

Crashed at Westladbergen in B-17 #43-38583 on 22 Jan 45, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 748th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group ('G', serial number 43-38583) having narrowly made a successful landing at Glatton airfield after the brakes failed. Handwritten caption on reverse: '748BS. C. Johnson 365th FG, ICM/175. Crystal's photo says just made it into field; brakes went out.'

43-38583

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jackie
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Port Orchard, Washington, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Hollland 22 January 1945

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Merged "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person that was then deleted.

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 11828 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database