Carl Joseph Hert

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-54517.jpeg UPL 54517 2nd Lt Carl J Hert

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Object Number - UPL 54517 - 2nd Lt Carl J Hert

Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return Misburg in B-24 42-50729 26-Nov-44; hit by fighters, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11216



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Lee Emmett McPartland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16137531 / O-823508
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50729

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA 22 September 1915 Son of Joseph and Irene Hert.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 3 September 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Died

15 miles SW of Hanover, Germany 26 November 1944 Failed to Return Misburg in B-24 42-50729 26-Nov-44; hit by fighters, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11216

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 13 Grave 29

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Tibenham 26 November 1944 Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124, ABMC, MACR 11216, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11216 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 54517 - 2nd Lt Carl J Hert