Harry William Ahlers
Military
Object Number - UPL 52924 - Harry W Ahlers
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions.
Awards: AM (2OLC), 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: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36864214
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19207494
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33798774
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-774043
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 36335720
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 20 April 1945
- Date: 18 April 1945
- Date: 10 April 1945
- Date: 8 April 1945
- Date: 7 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York | 21 January 1921 | Son of John and Catherine [Apel] Ahlers. |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 25 June 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Died |
Hopedale, Tazewell County, IL | 11 February 2011 | |
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Buried |
Minier Cemetery Minier, Tazewell County, IL | 14 February 2011 | Minier Cemetery Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to mission associations
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1
