Harvey G Hesse

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-51454.jpeg UPL 51454 Just Nothing ( 42-40000 DF-F) Hesse Crew, 324th BS, 91st BG.
BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: S/Sgt. Bill Williams, Engineer; S/Sgt. Robert Detter Line, Radio Operator; S/Sgt. Harlon Bunn, Ball Turret Gunner; S/Sgt. John E. Guy, Waist Gunner; S/Sgt. D.L. Frans, Tail Gunner; S/Sgt. W.G. Mosley, Waist Gunner & Bombardier FRONT ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: 1st Lt. H.G. Hesse, Pilot; 1st Lt. Rocky Rasmussen, Navigator; Lt. Robert Hunt, Bombardier; 1st Lt. Tannumbeum, Co-pilot

Object Number - UPL 51454 - Just Nothing ( 42-40000 DF-F) Hesse Crew, 324th BS, 91st BG. BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: S/Sgt. Bill Williams, Engineer; S/Sgt. Robert Detter Line,...

Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38301982
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34601212
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13082080 at enlistment, then O-695722
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
King George VI meets the crew of a B-24 Liberator during his first official visit to the 93rd Bomb Group at Alconbury. 11 November 1942. In front from left to right: Colonel E.J. Timberlake; King George VI; Lieutenant L.F. Schmidt, from New Hampton, New York; Captain C.A. Culpepper, from Poplarville, Missouri; Captain C.D. Lee, from Spartansburg, South Carolina. In back from left to right: Sergeant Phillip Salamon, from Archibald, Pennsylvania; Sergeant Oda A. Smathers, from Ashville, North Carolina; Serg
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-370171
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (91st Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-419035
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator; Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Just Nothing / Quad Zero
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'
  • Date: 22 April 1944

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Killed in action

22 April 1944

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Frank Scorsune was not on board 42-40000 when it was lost

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MACR 4259

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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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