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Roy Gieland Crew - 412th Sqn April 1944 - September 1944 BACK ROW Weatherall (eng), Rogers (waist gunner), Donald L. Clum (radio operator) Delbert G. Hubbard (ball turret gunner), Frank A. Martin (tail gunner), Charles T. Hyde (waist gunner) FRONT ROW Roy Gieland (pilot), Johnson (co-pilot), Anderson (navigator), H.O. Turner (bombardier) Photo supplied by Frank A. Martin
Newspaper Clipping in the Austin American Statesman of Horace O. Turner being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross medal.
Horace O. Turner at the beginning of his service in WWll
Horace O. "Hank" Turner as he was flying 35 missions as a Bombardier/Navigator in a B-17 Flying Fortress!
Aerial Bombing Target photo belonging to Horace Turner
This is the first of two pages of a log that my father, Horace O. Turner, kept as he flew his 35 missions over the European Theater in 1944, really interesting! :-) I hope that all of you who view it enjoy it as much as I have!
This is the second of 2 pages of my father, Horace O. Turner's flight log of his 35 missions. It is a unique item that I am happy to share and hope everyone enjoys!
WIA by flak hitting him in left hip/leg on 24 Dec 1944 in B-17G #42-97257 'Knock-out Baby'.
My father, Horace O. "Hank" Turner, was not only a WWll hero, but my own personal hero! He was a bombardier/navigator for the 8th Air Force, 95th Bomb Group, 412th Bomb Squadron, flying in a B-17 Flying Fortess in an plane called "Knock-Out Baby!" , number 42-97257. Their group was stationed in Horham, England and he left a log, detailing 35 missions he flew! He was hit by flak on many of these missions, including his 5th mission, on April 24, 1944, and yet he was back out on another mission the next day! He was awarded 3 medals, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart, which I proudly framed! Unfortunately, he died way too young, after becoming a self made business owner, at the age of 60, due to eventual complications from this injury. I have a number of his memorabilia and wish I could hear his stories once again! :-) Thank you, Daddy, for your service to this country and to me as my wonderful father! I love you!!
Military | Lieutenant | Command Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
95th Bomb Group, 412th Bomb Squadron April 44 to September 44, 35 missions with the Roy Gielen crew and then with the Lyle Scott crew. Returned to the states to train new crews, then went inactive while he returned to college and later medical school....
Military | Corporal | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Pilot
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Tail Gunner
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Dalhart 3/3/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-L] Horham 28/3/44; with Horace O. Turner, 24/4/44, Bombardier/Navigator [wia]; with J.C. Bertram 11/7/44, Waist gunner: Ray Carpenter [wia]; with T.G. Bek 24/12/44,...
18 April 1944
The handwritten log of my father, Horace O. "Hank" Turner, states this.. "Started to raid Berlin, bad weather and we bombed Brandenberg. formation bad and flak terrific." He had marked it with an "x", which he noted meant that "Our plane was hit by...
19 April 1944
20 April 1944
22 April 1944
24 April 1944
25 April 1944
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
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| Born | Plainview, TX 79072, USA | 27 June 1918 |
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He was the 2nd son of 4 boys born to Burchie Tarter Turner and Henry Cleveland Turner. |
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| Missions flown | Horham, England | 18 April 1944 – 15 August 1944 |
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He flew 35 missions, with flak hitting his plane more often than not, earning 3 Medals, the Air Medal with 3 Oak Clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart, as he was WIA on 04/24/1944 by flak. |
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| WIA | England, UK | 24 April 1944 |
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WIA by flak hitting him in left hip/leg on 24 Dec 1944 in B-17G #42-97257 'Knock-out Baby'. |
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| Died | Austin, TX, USA | 11 May 1979 |
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He died at the age of 60, too early! He had always been healthy and was an excellent athlete, but the flak injury contributed to a tumor at that site that led to his premature death. |
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| 09 March 2016 14:56:45 | aquaflow1 | Changes to mission associations |
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Added by daughter, Karen Turner, of Horace O. Turner |
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| 09 March 2016 13:30:23 | aquaflow1 | Changes to events |
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Added by daughter, Karen Turner. |
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| 09 March 2016 12:41:58 | aquaflow1 | Changes to events |
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Added by Karen Turner, daughter. |
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| 09 March 2016 12:27:58 | aquaflow1 | Changes to biography and events |
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Added by Karen Turner, daughter. |
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| 09 March 2016 12:25:29 | aquaflow1 | Changes to biography |
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Added by Karen Turner, daughter. |
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| 09 March 2016 12:24:20 | aquaflow1 | Changes to events |
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Entered by daughter, Karen Turner. |
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| 09 March 2016 09:21:03 | aquaflow1 | Changes to biography |
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Added by daughter, Karen Turner. |
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| 09 March 2016 07:03:23 | aquaflow1 | Changes to events |
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Added by daughter, Karen Turner. |
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| 09 March 2016 06:54:49 | aquaflow1 | Changes to middlename, service number and highest rank |
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Added by daughter, Karen Turner |
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| 09 March 2016 05:21:21 | aquaflow1 | Changes to biography |
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Added by daughter, Karen Turner |
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| 09 March 2016 05:09:51 | aquaflow1 | Changes to place associations and aircraft associations |
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Added by daughter, Karen Turner. |
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| 09 March 2016 05:04:24 | aquaflow1 | Changes to awards |
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Submitted by daughter, Karen Turner. |
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| 09 March 2016 03:31:43 | aquaflow1 | Changes to nickname |
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I am not sure what to enter here, but since I am the source of this information entered, I will enter this. I am the daughter of Horace Otis Turner, my name is Karen Turner and my email address is aquaflow1@gmail.com |
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| 27 September 2014 18:13:11 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php |
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