Harry O'Neill Jr
Military
Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESERACH
Object Number - UPL 36668 - 2Lt Alvin B Lynch, Co-Pilot on B17 42-37968 " Little Audrey" 94th Bomb Group, hit by flak, two engines on fire, then tail snapped off, crashed...
Fell out of formation after being hit by fighters and a bomb from a/c above on the secondary target of Munich, Germany on 18 Mar 1944, B-17G 42-37968 'Little Audrey' exploded in mid-air and crashed E of Munich after most of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Audrey
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of War |
18 March 1944 | ||
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Born |
El Paso, Texas |
Revisions
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3418, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces