Ernest A O'Hara Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

LWG, Hendricks/Withers crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking out #2 and #3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Name on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC.

Massachusetts

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12064208
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-741891
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot, Tail Gunner, Observer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-731041
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-427643
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37005598
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Born

Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 9 October 1943

Buried

Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

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Updated the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56292998.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56292998/ernest-a_j-o'hara

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ARowe95

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx, 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 887