Lionel W Havlas

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Object Number - UPL 26245 - Lionel Havlas

Lionel Havlas served as a flight engineer/top turret gunner with the 751st Bomb Squadron of the 457th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Glatton, England. On 9 April 1944, he was flying in B-17 42-97465 when it was shot down. Havlas survived and was taken as a Prisoner of War. He was held in Stalag Luft XVIIb.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Scarlet Harlot
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

881 McClellan Ave, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, USA 14 November 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 9 April 1944

Born

Plainville, Kansas, USA
Jackson County, MO, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Date
ContributorGrants Pass
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Sources

MACR 3665

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers; MACR 3665 / MACR 3665 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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