Herbert A Heuser

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 23881 - Leo LaCasse's original crew. Back row, left to right: F. W. Baxter, tail gunner W. M. Swaney, radio operator gunner F. D. Greenlaw, flight...

On a mission to Wilhelmshaven on 3 Feb 1944, B-17G #42-39938 collided with another aircraft over the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30250

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Yank
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

42-39938

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

3 February 1944

Born

Wheatfield, Indiana, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 3 February 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:49
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2197 / MACR 2197, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 23881 - Leo LaCasse's original crew. Back row, left to...