Harold A Waldner
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 550BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux, FR in B17 42-30601 'Mary Ellen II'; Mid air collision with 95th BG A/C. Crashed at Rickinghall Superior, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15317
Awards: PH.
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Ellen II
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 30 December 1941 | Hartford, Connecticut |
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Died |
Rickinghall Superior, Suffolk, UK | 16 September 1943 | Killed on mission to Bordeaux. FR, in B17 42-30601 'Mary Ellen II'. Mid air collision with 95th BG A/C. |
| Connecticut, USA | |||
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Buried |
Orange Center Cemetery Orange, New Haven County, CT | Re-Interred Orange Center Cemetery Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut | |
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Born |
New Haven, New Haven County, CT | Son of Ernest H and Mildred C [Hendricks] Waldner. | |
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Based |
Great Ashfield | 16 September 1943 | Assigned to 550BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 363, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 285 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia