Leslie E Halcott Jr

Military
media-45015.jpeg UPL 45015 Identification Card, Leslie E. Halcott

NARA, KU Reports https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142682233

Object Number - UPL 45015 - Identification Card, Leslie E. Halcott

Leslie Halcott was Co-Pilot 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).

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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

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

Harry Lerner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809651
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-97483

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

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

30 July 1923 Middletown, Orange County, New York

Enlisted

7 January 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

6 March 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 1

Died

25 April 2002 Castle Point, Dutchess County, New York
Middletown, Orange County, New York

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Added photo

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NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW Records
MACR 2902
VETERANS BIRLS Death File

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2902, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Object number: UPL 45015 - Identification Card, Leslie E. Halcott