Harry W Bauscher Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-34474.jpeg UPL 34474 S/Sgt Harry W Bauscher, Jr

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Object Number - UPL 34474 - S/Sgt Harry W Bauscher, Jr

RWG, Ballinger Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF.

Shot down 4 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29928. Mission #7 to the Gnome-Rhone engine factory in Le Mans, France. MACR 161. Killed in Action (KIA).

Originally buried by German troops. Re-interred in Cincinnati, OH.

 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736459
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19069301 at enlistment, then O-737353
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39242710
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34315087
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34207244
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cincinnati, OH, USA 20 March 1922

Enlisted

Cincinnati, OH, USA 21 September 1942

Other

Killed in Action

France 4 July 1943

Based

4 July 1943

Buried

Alencon, L'Orne, France Buried by German troops

Buried

St Joseph New Cemetery Cincinnati, OH

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 161 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 161 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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