Raymond Ellis Hartley Jr
Military
From the personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
Object Number - UPL 26561 - Capt Raymond E. Hartley Jr. flew with the 353rd FG beginning March 1945 and assigned to the 351st FS on April 12, 1945. Hartley had flown in Italy...
ex-319FS, 325th FG in Lesina, Italy [Dec-43 - Jun-44]. Assigned to HQ Sqn, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferrred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 3 x kills, 1 x damaged and 4 destroyed [Grd].
Awards: DFC, AM (24OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14188861 /O-827353
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot with the 353rd , 351st fighter squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Ordnance and Armament Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 505th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16136319 / T-62611 / O-2000298
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11025538 / O-758938
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 351st Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-416268
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 325th Fighter Group 319th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 325th Fighter Group 319th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: La Verne
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 3rd Scouting Force 352nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Ku
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Jackson County, MO, USA | 12 November 1919 | Raymond E and Mabel N Hartley. |
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Enlisted |
Kansas City, KS, USA | 25 February 1942 | |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy | 21 January 1944 | Fw190 destroyed South Florence 21-Jan-44. |
|
Other E/A Destroyed |
Austria | 12 April 1944 | Me109 destroyed Sepren, Austria 12-Apr-44. P-47D 42-76030 |
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Other E/A Destroyed [3] [Air] |
Kassel, Germany | 24 March 1945 | 2 x Fw190 and 1 x Me109 destroyed [Air] 24-Mar-45. |
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Other E/A Damaged [Air] |
Kassel, Germany | 24 March 1945 | Me109 damaged [Air] 24-Mar-45. |
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Other Transferred |
Raydon, UK | 12 April 1945 | Transferrred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other E/A Destroyed [4] [Grd] |
16 April 1945 | 2 x Fw200's, Fw190 and Ju87 destroyed [Grd] 16-Apr-45. | |
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Other Crashed |
Raydon, UK | 5 June 1945 | Taxiing Accident Raydon/Sta 157 Cat 3 damage Lt Raymond E Hartley Jr, 5-Jun-45. P-51D 44-14782 - 351FS 353FG 8AF |
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Died |
15 February 1981 | ||
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Other End of War |
Europe | ||
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Based |
Raydon | 12 April 1945 | Assigned to HQ Sqn, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Kansas City, MO, USA | |||
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Buried |
2900 Sheridan Rd, St. Louis, MO 63125, USA | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay St Louis County MO |
Revisions
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Hartley&Submit=Search
https://www.fold3.com/page/84604043-raymond-e-hartley-jr/facts
https://www.fold3.com/image/144302411?terms=Raymond%20E%20Hartley
https://www.fold3.com/image/28605877
https://www.fold3.com/image/29431160
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_hartley_r_e.php
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/mustang/combat-reports/353-hartley-2…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Hartley%2C+Raymo…
Aces of the 325th Fighter Group By Tom Ivie
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25428226/raymond-e.-hartley
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Jonah's Feet Are Dry Pg 631 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
