William E Hailey

Military
media-54013.jpeg UPL 54013 B-24 crew in 1943. (Don't know order, except for Verl D. Anderson on left in back row.) Carl Lessig, Pilot; Bill Hailey, Co-Pilot; George Giovannoni, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner; Fred Talley, Radio Operator; Ed Winick, Tail Gunner; Carl Mann, Waist Gunner; Jack Harris, Nose Turret Gunner; Don Nell, Waist Gunner, Verl D. Anderson, Bombardier/Navigator, Jim _______, Radio Operator.

Removed association to Cecil Parker Lessig who did not serve on B-24 Liberators

Object Number - UPL 54013 - B-24 crew in 1943. (Don't know order, except for Verl D. Anderson on left in back row.) Carl Lessig, Pilot; Bill Hailey, Co-Pilot; George...

26 missions

He particularly remembered that of 1st January 1945 -the attack on the bridge at Remagen in support of Patton - when so few aircraft managed to take off successfully.

ETO Ribbon/ Air Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Houston, Texas 30 September 1922

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

453rd BG newsletter November 1992

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & Page 284 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition

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Object number: UPL 54013 - B-24 crew in 1943. (Don't know order, except for...