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

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Edward Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36864214
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner

Merle Hunter Boyce

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19207494
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Herbert Malcolm Clark

  • 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

Robert Howard Cropp

  • 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

Adam Thomas Czubat

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 36335720
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-31891

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Shape
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

43-38541

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diabolical Angel
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

851

  • Date: 27 February 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York 21 January 1921 Son of John and Catherine [Apel] Ahlers.

Enlisted

New York City, NY 25 June 1942 New York City, New York

Died

Hopedale, Tazewell County, IL 11 February 2011

Buried

Minier Cemetery Minier, Tazewell County, IL 14 February 2011 Minier Cemetery Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Revisions

Date20 Nov 2021 01:05:30
Contributoracbernstein1
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0001

Date6 Nov 2021 19:28:36
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/695147596
https://www.fold3.com/record/284247288/harry-w-ahlers-social-security-d…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0001
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/21090323/Harry-Ahlers
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65578834/harry-william-ahlers

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:29
ContributorAAM
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

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