Leroy B Hare
MilitaryHe served during World War II in the Army Air Corps from 12/04/1942 to 10/19/1945 flying thirty missions over Germany including D-Day over Normandy.
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Gnotsch on 11/2/44 in B-17 'Man O War II' 42-38083.
Pilot Leroy Hare and three other members of on 322dn Sqdn's 'Man O' War' survived the crash after being shot down on the Merseburg raid. Held at Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia.
He later served in Japan with the National Guard as commander of the Air Division. After leaving the Service he first owned a Chevron station in Camarillo California and then headed the Water Co. at Bass Lake.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Man O War II, Horsepower Ltd
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina, USA | 17 November 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
CP BLANDING FLORIDA | 4 December 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 2 November 1944 | |
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Died |
Clewiston, Hendry County, Florida, USA | 24 October 2012 |
Revisions
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Leroy Hare.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10144 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database