Lester Winfield Hall
MilitaryShot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31211. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #4560
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798297
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35472350
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-800687
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16018325
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Military Occupation specialty 757-Radio Operator/Mechanic/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19170044
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Military Occupation Specialty 612 Airplane Armorer/Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reno's Raider
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 16 April 1944 - 8 May 1944 | Assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, Roy John Morris Crew. Two combat missions. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 8 May 1944 | Group lead. The aircraft was hit by continuously tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; aircraft received direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started in to a steep spiral; crashed about 7 miles SW of Valognes, France. MACR 4560 |
Born |
Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4560 / MACR 4560, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database