Harry William Ahlers

Military

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions.





Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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People

Aircraft

Missions

A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'

894

  • Date: 18 March 1945

892

  • Date: 17 March 1945

886

  • Date: 14 March 1945
  • Official Description:

883

  • Date: 12 March 1945

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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

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Sources

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

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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

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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