Horace F Hall
MilitaryCo-PIlot
Crew #710 - Warren Allender Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Shot down on his 9th mission, he was captured and made POW at Stalag Luft III
Shot down 9 May 1944 in B-24 #42-52584 'Worry Bird II', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747186
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Worry Bird II
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA | 13 October 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Madison, Wisconsin | 20 April 1942 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 27 March 1944 - 9 May 1944 | |
Other Shot Down |
Hemeldonk, 2275 Lille, Belgium | 9 May 1944 | |
Other POW |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | 10 May 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Stalag Luft III (Dates are approximate) |
Died |
La Puente, California | 24 April 1997 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/50826942/person/273540…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178425758
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom, page 28
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=466&sc=1167…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=2486392…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4803 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database