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Lloyd G Hally

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Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission Nijmegen in P-47 'Angel of Mercy' 42-22523 last seen pursuing a Fw190 down through the overcast over Arnhem. Shot down 21-Sep-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9003.

Awards: PH.

Service

People

  • Leonard Arnold

    Military | First Lieutenant | Ordnance and Armament Officer | 353rd Fighter Group
    Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Ordnance and Armament Officer between Nov-44 and Jan-45. Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Merlin Arnold

    Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot with the 353rd fighter group, 351st fighter squadron | 339th Fighter Group
    Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Baled out over English Channel, struck tailplane, chute did not open. 30-Mar-45. Killed in Action (KIA) Awards: AM (5OLC), PH.

  • Thomas Brock

    Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 339th Fighter Group
    Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Achmer A/D. Whilst strafing airdrome, hit in coolant system by return fire, bellied in Hopsten. Initially reported as MIA on 21-Mar...

  • Henry Carbonneau

    Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
    Flew with the 351st Fighter Squadron/353rd Fighter Group based at Raydon, Suffolk, England from 28-May-44 until Nov-44. On 8-Jun-44 Carbonneau shot down an Me109 for his only aerial victory. Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Arthur Carroll

    Military | Colonel | Fighter pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
    Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Returned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2 x He 111, 1 x Fw 190. Ended Tour of...

  • Harold Chase

    Military | Captain | Fighter pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
    Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2 x kills, 1 x damaged [Air]. Credited with 4 x destroyed, 1 x damaged [Ground]. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Gordon Compton

    Military | Colonel | Fighter pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
    Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Became squadron C/O after Lt Col Frederick H Lefebre. Compton was a squadron ace with 5 x kills, including the first of two ME262 aerial victories downed on 22 Feb 45 and a second one on 10-Apr-45. Made an emergency...

  • Bruce Eddy

    Military | Flight Officer | Fighter pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
    Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Achmer A/D Germany in P-51D 'Lil Boston Bull' 44-14569. Thought KIA crashed near Krefeld on 21-Mar-45, but later liberated Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13955. ...

  • James Frye

    Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
    On 15 Sept 1943, Frye undershot runway on landing on training flight to Ford at Susses in P-47 #42-8503, RTD. ...

  • Robert Hahn

    Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
    Assigned to 351, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 1 kill, 4 x destroyed and 1 x damaged on the ground. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

  • 353rd Fighter Group

    353rd Fighter Group

    Group
    The 353rd Fighter Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force on 7 June 1943. The group flew P-47 Thunderbolts, and from October 1944, P-51 Mustangs, as escorts for bombing missions across occupied Europe and to strafe targets on the ground. Tactical...

  • 351st Fighter Squadron

    351st Fighter Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-22523 'Angel Of Mercy'

    P-47 Thunderbolt
    Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission Nijmegen last seen pursuing a Fw190 down through the overcast over Arnhem. Shot down, Capt Lloyd G Hally Killed in Action (KIA). 21-Sep-44 MACR 9003.

Missions

Associated Place

  • Raydon

    Military site : airfield
    Although never used as such, Raydon was built during 1942-43 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, with three concrete runways, 50 loop and one pan hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. Initially on loan to the Ninth Air Force, it was first...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Huxley, IA, USA 4 June 1918
Enlisted Des Moines, IA, USA 29 May 1941
Based Raydon 7 June 1944 – 21 September 1944

Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.
E/A Destroyed [Grd] 24 June 1944

He111 destroyed [Grd] 24-Jun-44.
E/A Destroyed [1/2] [Grd] 25 June 1944

Me109 shared destroyed [Grd] 25-Jun-44.
E/A Destroyed [2] [Grd] 4 August 1944

2 x Ju88 destroyed [Grd] 4-Aug-44.
E/A Destroyed [Grd] 27 August 1944

Ju88 destroyed [Grd] 27-Aug-44.
Died Arnhem, Netherlands 21 September 1944

Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission Nijmegen in P-47 'Angel of Mercy' 42-22523 last seen pursuing a Fw190 down through the overcast over Arnhem. Shot down 21-Sep-44 KIA. MACR 9003.
Buried Van Limburg Stirumweg 28, 6861 WL Oosterbeek, Netherlands 22 September 1944

Interred
Arnhem cemetery
Holland
Buried 310 E 9th St, Ames, IA 50010, USA 1948

Re-Interred
Ames Municipal cemetery
Ames
Story County
Iowa
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
O-387493
Highest rank
Captain
Role/job
Fighter pilot
Awards
  • Purple Heart

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
28 December 2017 21:12:00 Al_Skiff Changes to firstname, role, biography, awards, events and unit associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28668334
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763973?terms=Lloyd%20G%20Hally
https://www.fold3.com/image/319226308?terms=Lloyd%20G%20Hally
https://353rdfightergroup.wordpress.com/351st-fs/
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Hally&Submit=Search
Date Contributor Update
01 March 2017 17:12:26 dwgdallas Changes to firstname, role, person associations and place associations
Sources

From the personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
Date Contributor Update
01 March 2017 17:09:14 dwgdallas Changes to media associations
Sources

From the personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:19:00 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9003 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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