Harry Neal Meyers
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Neal Meyers was a waist gunner on a B-17, surviving 5 missions. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart on Nov 8, 1942 for downing a Focke-Wulf FW-190 aircraft, wounded on the same mission.
Neal had a cold and was grounded from flying (3 January 1943). His plane never returned; the downing of which was a dramatic story involving Arizona Harris, top gunner, blasting away as the plane sank into the English Channel. This story was made into a radio play. The loss of Neal's crew so unnerved him that he never flew again.
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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: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 6296272
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6566605
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Revisions
H Neal Meyers was my father. I have a lot of information regarding his service in Europe, which I will include/upload as time permits.
http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pictures%2072dpi/T_Lett%2072%20dpi.jpg / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / First Over Germany pg. 6, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards,