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Military
2nd Lt Harry D. Bassler, 358FG.
Assigned to 365FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to pull out of a dive when strafing a target near Chalons-sur-Marne, France in P-47 42-27175 Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR
Awards: AM (16OLC), EAME (1 x Battle Star), PH.
Group
The 358th Fighter Group flew seventeen missions with the Eighth Air Force from Leiston air base. At the beginning of February 1944 the Group were transferred to the Ninth Air Force in exchange for the 357th Fighter Group. With the Ninth, the Group went...
Squadron
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 365FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to pull out of a dive when strafing a target near Chalons-sur-Marne, France with 1Lt Harry D. Bassler. Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR
Military site : airfield
Used as an RAF Advanced Landing Ground in 1943 with temporary runways and buildings. High Halden was then used as a Ninth Air Force Advanced Landing Ground, before being occupied by the 358th Fighter Group in 1944.
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| Born | Chicago, IL | 5 May 1919 |
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Son of Herman Harry and Josephine [Nelson] Bassler. |
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| Enlisted | Fort Sheridan, IL | April 1941 |
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Fort Sheridan, Illinois |
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| Commissioned | 25 September 1941 | |
| Based | 1944 – 22 August 1944 | |
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Assigned to 365FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Chalons-sur-Marne, France | 22 August 1944 |
| Buried | Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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Re-Interred |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 15 December 2021 20:26:39 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310762497 |
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