Harold L Aswell
Military ROLL OF HONOURTSgt. Harold Aswell was assigned as the Radio Operator in the B-24D, 42-40354, Snafu. He was killed in action (KIA) when his airplane sustained a mid-air collision with the B-24D, 41-23818, Texan II, also in his 44th Bomb Group, and the 67th Bomb Squadron. Both planes came apart after the collision, caught on fire, exploded, and fell through a force of B-17s below them, finally crashing into the English Channel, off the English coast near Selsey Bill, Sussex, en-route to the target at St. Nazaire, France. The crews of both B-24s were killed in action. 10 KIA. 16 February 1943
TSgt Harold Aswell's Awards : Air Medal - Purple Heart
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Snafu
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Selsey Bill, Selsey, Chichester, West Sussex PO20, UK | 16 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with another B-24, exploded and crashed into the English Channel en-route to the target at St. Nazaire, France. His remains have never been recovered. |
Born |
Dounsvlle, Louisiana | ||
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5095 / MACR 5095 & 3202 B / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Lee Cunningham 10-Jun-2015. Correcting typo in Summary Biography.
Lee Cunningham 22-Feb-2015. Confirmed SN and added KIA event per MACR 5095; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Corrected Unit connection, made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5095, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 79, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy p. 50, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams Appendix 4., ABMC web site