Harold William Dershimer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 52606 - Harold William Dershimer
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 9 x combat missions with 401BG. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586
Harold W Dershimer may also have served with the 749th Bomb Squadron of the 457th Bomb Group.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14103271 / O-803232
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ol Massa
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
15 June 1942 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
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Died |
Balkum, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586 |
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Born |
New Castle, PA | Son of Harold S and Thelma M. [McGaffick] Dershimer. | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Deenethorpe | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot M Row 20 Grave 6 |
Revisions
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1153
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55903068/harold-w-dershimer
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VoXxAAAAMAAJ&dq=Flak+Dodger+by+Rola…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4586 / MACR 4586, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1153 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
