Harvey Laverne Hoffstot

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Clarence Cecil Daw

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14163539
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Robert Lee Dean

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39076882 at enlistment, then O-682078
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William Robert Doherty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17072476 at enlistment, then O-809105
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Jess Joe Gomez

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37345011
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Glenn Wilson Hunter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19114107
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-52306

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States 30 July 1914

Enlisted

12 January 1943 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

6 March 1944 in the loss of B-24H #42-52306
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Harvey Hoffstot rests at Plot A, Row 17, Grave 16

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 3349
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
ABMC website

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Corrected spelling of surname from 'Hefstott' to 'Hoffstot'. Sources:
https://www.abmc.gov/node/546373#.WW4X7k2WyM8
https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56358791

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3349, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces