Harold R Hecker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #423554. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3554

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Devens, MA, USA 1 August 1942

Buried

30 April 1948 Top Turret Gunner Sgt Harold R. Hecker was buried in Esbjerg on 12 October 1943. (Sources: MACR + FAF) On 30 April 1948 he and other American airmen buried in Esbjerg were disinterred and taken to Ardennes American Cemetery. (Source: FAF)

Born

Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 9 October 1943

Buried

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, MA 01420, USA He appears to have been returned to Fitchburg for burial.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 746

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Biography and event details from sources:
http://www.airmen.dk
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hecker&GSfn=harol…;

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 746 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database