42-97483

media-45015.jpeg UPL 45015 Identification Card, Leslie E. Halcott

NARA, KU Reports https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142682233

Object Number - UPL 45015 - Identification Card, Leslie E. Halcott

Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-L] Bassingbourn 24/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Pilot Bryce S. Evertson; Co-pilot: Leslie E. Halcott Jr; Navigator: Harry Lerner; Bombardier: Joseph P. Hovantz; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everard V. Erberling; Radio Operator: William H. Masters; Ball turret gunner: Thomas W. Heller; Left Waist gunner: Henry Osowski; Right Waist gunner: Wayne F. Sabins; Tail gunner: Curtis M. Moore (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed 1km North of Wilmersdorf, a suburb to the Southwest of Berlin, Germany. KU 1124 locates Wilmersdorf "East of Bernau", but Bernau ("Bernau bei Berlin") is 30km to the Northeast of Berlin... Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2902.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Everard Vernon Eberling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34408909
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Bryce Singleton Evertson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-748611
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Leslie E Halcott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12041096 at enlistment, then O-805890
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Thomas Williams Heller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37499269
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Joseph P Hovantz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15096348 at enlistment, then O-741266
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 March 1944

Revisions

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Added markings

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Corrected the Engineer's name : It's Eberling and not Eberlinger...

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Completed/corrected crew names in Bio
NARA KU Reports > KU-1124 and KU-559A (6 of 17)
MACR 1124

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2902 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 45015 - Identification Card, Leslie E. Halcott