Harry Lerner

Military

Harry Lerner was Navigator of B-17G #42-97483 on the 6 March 1944 mission to Berlin. Damaged by fighters but continued to the target. Crew was later forced to bail out and a/c crashed near Wilmersdorf, a Berlin suburb, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). Had also flown on "Wee Willie" (42-31333)

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Everard Vernon Eberling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34408909
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Bryce Singleton Evertson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-748611
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Leslie E Halcott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12041096 at enlistment, then O-805890
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Thomas Williams Heller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37499269
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Joseph P Hovantz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15096348 at enlistment, then O-741266
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-97483

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 March 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 1

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII POW Records
MACR 2902

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Information provided by Mike Lerner, relative

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2902 / MACR 2902, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database