Ralph Leo Hackworth

Military
media-30245.jpeg UPL 30245 Ralph Leo Hackworth
1942 EC Glass High School, Lynchburg, VA

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Object Number - UPL 30245 - Ralph Leo Hackworth 1942 EC Glass High School, Lynchburg, VA

Killed in Action (KIA) on mission in the B-26 'Mission Belle' to Houfflaize during the Battle of the Bulge. Heavy flak at target.

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Units served with

Private First Class Barbara O'Brien of the Womens Army Corps, paints the nose of a B-26 Marauder (YU-Y. serial number 41-34982) nicknamed "Jolly Roger" of the 323rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publcation 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295589.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.C.S. on duty at a Bomber Station. Associated Press Photo shows:- Pfc: Barbara O'Brien painting the Jolly Roger on the nose of a Marauder with the crew looking on.'

323rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

An airman of the 323rd Bomb Group with his B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-34955) nicknamed "Mission Belle". Image via Mrs C Hayden.

41-34955

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Mission Belle
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Virginia 27 February 1925

Died

26 December 1944

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Sources

WWII draft card and Headstone application on Ancestry.com

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ContributorAAM
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Combat Chronology, WW II Memorial, Marauder Men / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 30245 - Ralph Leo Hackworth 1942 EC Glass High School...