Harold Leslie Qualls

Military
media-51778.jpeg UPL 51778 Harold R Van Zyl crew, 406BS, 801BG

Rear L-R: Harold Van Zyl, Clifton Clark, Lawrence Rivkin, William Elkouri.

Front L-R: Udell Olson, Harold Qualls, John Zsadanyi, Henry Hettinger.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 51778 - Harold R Van Zyl crew, 406BS, 801BG Rear L-R: Harold Van Zyl, Clifton Clark, Lawrence Rivkin, William Elkouri. Front L-R: Udell Olson, Harold...

Assigned to 406BS, 492/801BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

801st Bomb Group

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

People

Harold Ralph Van Zyl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 16066888 / O-665743
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Taft, Kern County, CA 10 February 1910 Son of Oscar Qualls.

Enlisted

Fresno, CA 30 March 1942 Fresno, California

Other

Discharged USAAF

2 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Fresno County, CA 14 May 1987

Buried

Tollhouse Cemetery Tollhouse, Fresno County, CA 17 May 1987 Tollhouse Cemetery Tollhouse, Fresno County, California

Based

North Pickenham Assigned to 406BS, 492/801BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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801st BG Roster, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 51778 - Harold R Van Zyl crew, 406BS, 801BG Rear L-R...