Harris Charles Hepp
Military
Object Number - UPL 42091 - 2nd Lt Harris C Hepp 705BS, 446BG, 8th AF.
Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Dale Beasley crew. Not on board the crews fateful mission to drop supplies at Wesel in B-24 41-28814 on 24-Mar-45. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16030395 / O-2059149
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Belleville, IL | 17 February 1922 | Son of Meinhardt and Lydia Mamie [Rausch] Hepp. |
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Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, MO | 26 July 1943 | Jefferson Barracks, Missouri |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
6 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Edwardsville, IL | 24 August 1988 | |
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Buried |
Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, St. Clair County, IL | 27 August 1988 | Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum Belleville, St Clair County, Illinois |
| St Louis, MO | Working for Curtiss Wright at time of draft registration. | ||
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Based |
Bassingbourn | Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.446bg.com/
