Harold M Bauer
Military
Object Number - UPL 23791 - 2nd Lt Harold M Bauer 343FS 55FG 8AF.
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Upon landing after a local test flight on 29 Feb 1944, P-38J 42-67749 nosed over at the end of the runway due to a flap malfunction. Returned to Duty (RTD). 5 x missions. Credited 1 x kill and 1 x probable. Transferred to ?
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
King County, WA, USA | 30 October 1914 | |
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Enlisted |
Seattle, WA, USA | 23 April 1942 | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 20 April 1943 | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Fighter Sweep |
Dutch Islands | 16 October 1943 | Fighter Sweep to Dutch Islands 16-Oct-43. |
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Other Fighter Sweep |
Amiens, France | 19 October 1943 | Fighter Sweep to Amiens Area 19-Oct-43. |
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Other E/A Probable |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 3 November 1943 | Fw190 probable. Escort mission to Wilhelmshaven. 3-Nov-43. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
79000 Niort, France | 31 December 1943 | Fw190 destroyed Niort, France. Escort mission to Bordeaux. 31-Dec-43. |
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Other Melee with Fockes |
17400 Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France | 31 December 1943 | Escort to St Jean Angely, tangled with 2 x Fw190's. Combat inconclusive, disengaged. |
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Other Melee with Fockes |
21000 Dijon, France | 6 February 1944 | Escort to Dijon, jumped by 2 x Fw190's. Tangled, combat inconclusive and made for home low level. |
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Died |
Oakland, CA, USA | 10 April 1988 | |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Other Transferred |
Transferred to ? | ||
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Other Award |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Awarded Air Medal. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
