John Julius Halasz

Military

Object Number - UPL 65650 - 1st Lt John J. Halasz

Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x missions. May-44 to Sep-44. ETD

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME, (2BS) WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

John Halasz crew

Clifford G Berg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
John Halasz crew

Roy O Mayo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0 707 084
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
John Halasz crew

Thomas Francis McGill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32172365
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
John Halasz crew

Richard T Monteith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
John Halasz crew

Roger S Ormsby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group

Aircraft

42-102959

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31435) nicknamed "West's End" of the 384th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'West's End, 231435. Chin turret removed 6/1/44. Guns fired by pilot. A/C belly landed 6/7/44 after raid in southern England. George F. Sheehan Jr. Sheehan print. 6/7/44 X, 250.'

42-31435

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: West End
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-37822

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lead Banana
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37882) of the 95th Bomb Group landing at Colorado in October 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-15-DL Denver, Colorada, October 1943.'

42-37882

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard Time : A-Good-Bett : Blues in the Reich
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-37974

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Section 8
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, Ohio 16 April 1917 BornCleveland, Ohio

Enlisted

21 October 1942

Other

Discharged

21 November 1945

Died

9 November 1989

Buried

Whitehaven Memorial Park Mayfield, Ohio 12 November 1989 BornWhitehaven Memorial ParkMayfield, Ohio

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/681986054

https://www.fold3.com/record/528994961/john-halas-1917-us-veterans-affa…

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1514

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249485729/john-j-halas

https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/139439384

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Sources

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

John Julius Halasz: Gallery (2 items)

John Halasz

Object number: UPL 65650 - 1st Lt John J. Halasz

John Halasz crew

Object number: UPL 65665 - 1st Lt John J. Halasz and crew, stateside training...