Hal Daniel Draper Jr

Military

Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95304

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron

Places

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Berkely, CA 24 July 1921 Son of Hal D Sr and Draper.

Enlisted

Sacramento, CA 29 March 1943

Other

Discharged USAAF

17 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Gardnerville, NV 22 March 2006

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Sources

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