Harold W Hetzler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Ten men wearing  Air Force uniform flight gear standing in front of plane. Six men standing to the rear and four kneeling in front UPL 64498 UPL 64498 Hetzler Crew, 752nd Bomb Squad, 458th Bomb Group
Standing: Donald Davis – TG, Jimmie Adkins – BTG, Russell Jones – RO, William DePuy – E, Richard Clark – TTG, Howard Lynde – NTG
Kneeling: Charles Callahan – N, Kenneth Brett – CP, Harold Hetzler – P, Robert Lambert – B
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Object Number - UPL 64498 - Hetzler Crew, 752nd Bomb Squad, 458th Bomb Group Standing: Donald Davis – TG, Jimmie Adkins – BTG, Russell Jones – RO, William DePuy – E,...

B-24H #41-29329 'Fritzi' broke up in mid-air after being hit by flak and crashed SW of Warendorf/Westfallen, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fritzi
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

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Died

23 March 1944 KIA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3556 / MACR 3556, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 277of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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