Ernest A O'Hara Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURLWG, 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Date: 9 October 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 9 October 1943 | |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
Updated the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56292998.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56292998/ernest-a_j-o'hara
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